Example sentences of "[adv] returned from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sergeant Bramble had just returned from the Manor House upon his bicycle . |
| 2 | Jesus had just returned from the country of the Gerasenes . |
| 3 | His name was Mason , and he had just returned from the West Indies , where Mr Rochester had once lived . |
| 4 | Les Stocker , the animal saviour from St Tiggywinkles Wildlife hospital at Haddenham has just returned from the islands after a fortnight 's hard work . |
| 5 | When I spoke with him yesterday he had just returned from the funeral of his father-in-law , who had died after months of cancer . |
| 6 | Fergus said , ‘ Has anyone ever returned from the Prison of Hostages ? ’ and Fael-Inis regarded him thoughtfully . |
| 7 | Theodora , freshly returned from the cathedral 's matins and a tramp round Norwich , ate her Sunday luncheon about half-past two , on the terrace , with Charles 's Medoc and Blomfield 's Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk from Charles 's library to hand . |
| 8 | My underwear was invariably returned from the laundry with the comment , ‘ v. badly stained ’ . |
| 9 | Behind them Madame Pipi , in black dress and white bib and apron , ostentatiously returned from the cubicles they had used and flourished the cloth with which she had wiped the seats . |
| 10 | The Swiss competitor is a talented athlete having recently returned from the Winter Paralympics in France where he took part in the cross country sledging . |
| 11 | There was a look about him , as if he 'd recently returned from the Front . |
| 12 | 658 Wilfrid , a young Northumbrian recently returned from the continent where he had visited Rome and received the Petrine tonsure in Gaul ( Vita Wilfridi , chs 3 , 7 ) . |