Example sentences of "[pron] return to the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Master , should n't I return to the royal camp ? ’ |
| 2 | Everything then was twice as frightening , so I returned to the gentle patting and quiet treatment with which I had tried to persevere before , and slowly Jester forgot his ‘ fear ’ and got on with his work . |
| 3 | Like you , it 's high time I returned to the real world . ’ |
| 4 | Later , when I returned to the old man , I found him alone with a few boys and the American film . |
| 5 | And so , however unwillingly , and before I return to the dark-haired girl in the coffee bar , I feel obliged to describe now an almost incredible tale about my former friend Robert . |
| 6 | And so , however unwillingly , and before I return to the dark-haired girl in the coffee bar , I feel obliged to describe now an almost incredible tale about my former friend Robert . ’ |
| 7 | Remember Ma Christie , our Norwegian Pathfinder , who wondered at how his crew just happened to appear as though from some mystique of chance ; how Middleton said in effect " my crew is the best in the Command … leave them be or I return to the Main Force " . |
| 8 | When he finally died of alcoholism , she returned to the only job she knew , dancing . |
| 9 | But when she returned to the cool breakfast-room where Faye was spending the morning , the artist clapped her hands together delightedly and said , ‘ There ! |
| 10 | When she returned to the top room , where Scathach lay , she found that the wall had almost completely absorbed Harry 's corroded pistol . |
| 11 | She returned to the formal garden and paced its perimeter several times , counting her steps to see if the number would be the same on each circuit ; but it was n't . |
| 12 | It would be extremely useful for you to return to the whole chapter and apply the Strategy . |
| 13 | Make sure you return to the lying position each time after touching the knee . |
| 14 | This week she returns to the familiar territory of Perth Theatre as Comtesse de la Bruyere in JM Barrie 's comedy of manners , What Every Woman Knows . |
| 15 | He succeeds Alejandro Figueroa Ventura who returns to the Dominican Republic as Director of Alfalit Dominicano . |
| 16 | Only now are we returning to the age-old problem of nationalism to which my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool , West Derby ( Mr. Wareing ) referred . |
| 17 | Many people believe that standards in our use of English would rise dramatically if we returned to the formal teaching of grammar which was normal practice in most classrooms before 1960 . |
| 18 | We returned to the safe house for dinner with most of our theories shattered . |
| 19 | The tale of L'Esquiriel goes on to tell of how the girl is approached by a young man playing with his erect penis ; she asks him what he has there — a squirrel , is the answer ; does she want it ? — yes please , let me hold it ; not yet , put your hand on it carefully ; it 's hot ! — ah , it 's just got out of its nest — and so on , until , after further euphemisms and foreplay , we return to the blunt world of crude speech as the squirrel enters the girl 's con to seek from her stomach the nuts she ate the day before . |
| 20 | In their two contrasting styles we return to the main theme of this chapter : boyo Neil 's communicating style emphasising ‘ commonality ’ ; and the formal prime ministerial Margaret Thatcher style emphasising ‘ control ’ . |
| 21 | Finally we return to the extreme importance of visible and UV absorption bands of transition metal complexes in detection and measurement of concentrations . |
| 22 | So we return to the original crux . |
| 23 | Here we return to the theoretical problem of how the other can be articulated as such . |
| 24 | Once again we return to the old advice to practise at a safe height . |
| 25 | They returned to the Grand Hotel , ascended together to Harvey 's room on the second floor , drew the curtains and placed a bedside lamp on the floor . |
| 26 | They returned to the front room and , after a light tea of eggs and toast , Willie changed for bed and positioned himself by the armchair , next to Tom . |
| 27 | The next time they returned to the windward mark , Paul Cayard tried to shoot the mark as Dennis Conner had done in the defenders ' trials on Tuesday . |
| 28 | And when they returned to the main column they told how this one had fought like three men against ten times as many of the barbarians . |
| 29 | Bernard loved it , and said so , as they returned to the dingy familiarity of Mafeking Street . |
| 30 | But nobody bothered them when they returned to the white salon . |