Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] returned to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother was still sleeping and Maureen hastily drank a cup of tea then returned to her ambulance . |
| 2 | Pipe watched the race in a Wellington betting shop then returned to his car to hear the racecourse auction relayed on a phone from his son David . |
| 3 | After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior . |
| 4 | But the shy and introspective Allen habitually returned to his bachelor pad — after dropping in to kiss the children goodnight . |
| 5 | He also began thinking about Rebecca Salmon and their bargain , but in the end his thoughts always returned to his father 's grave on a foreign battlefield and the revenge he intended to inflict on any German who dared to cross his path . |
| 6 | The director of the museum , Mr H. Bakker , visibly relieved to have all the originals safely returned to their shelves , told The Art Newspaper that each one of them would have provided enough money to buy a comfortable family home . |
| 7 | Whitlock poured two cups of coffee then returned to his seat with one after handing the other to Graham . |