Example sentences of "he returned [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He returned on the night sailing on 14th Oct . |
| 2 | Changed , he returned into the lounge to find her standing at the window again , as if watching for the assassin 's return . |
| 3 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 4 | The first time he returned with the door against which he had knocked his shin ; on the second trip he fetched a dented wheel which had lost its tyre . |
| 5 | The Midland sent Geoffrey Taylor , its future chief executive , to negotiate a deal , He returned with the news that Crocker would welcome an investment by the Midland but completely refused to grant them any management control . |
| 6 | When he returned at the beginning of December 1340 Edward had immediately dismissed the home council , Robert Stratford , who was bishop of Chichester and chancellor , among them ; Archbishop Stratford , then held responsible for the home government 's failure , was ordered to Louvain as a hostage for the payment of the allies , while the dismissal and prosecution of other ministers and officials — mostly clerics — was set in motion . |
| 7 | He returned to the North to work on the problems of reinforced concrete for a commercial company . |
| 8 | Then he returned to the surface and was arrested . |
| 9 | Simpson , of Hollyfield , Coulby Newham , was arrested when he returned to the scene shortly afterwards and a policeman smelled petrol on him . |
| 10 | When he returned to the cottage he extinguished all but one of the candles and took it through to the bedroom . |
| 11 | He returned to the Golf and picked up the invoice from the passenger seat . |
| 12 | He returned to the yard . |
| 13 | You may remember that , when Olympic diver Greg Louganis struck his head on the diving board , in a surprisingly short time he returned to the board to win a third Gold Medal . |
| 14 | He returned to the subject of matrimony . |
| 15 | Once he had fitted in the rudder to keep the dinghy straight against the set of the tide he returned to the subject . |
| 16 | He returned to the south in 1979 where he stayed until his retirement last year . |
| 17 | He returned to the workhouse and was promptly sent to the Three Counties Lunatic Asylum at Arlesey . |
| 18 | A few years later , between 1972 and 1975 , he had a spell with Warwickshire , during which time he returned to the Test team against Australia in 1972–3 — he had played only one other series in the meantime , against England in 1967–8 — and remained a fixture for the rest of the decade . |
| 19 | In 1911 he returned to the Arboretum , helping in the preparation of Plantae Wilsonianae , which was edited in three volumes by Sargent ( 1911–17 ) but partly written by A. Rehder and other specialists . |
| 20 | After writing for The Observer and The Times he returned to The Guardian as cricket and , subsequently , wine correspondent in the late 1960s . |
| 21 | Five minutes later , when he returned to the lawn , she was sitting with her back to the tree and , standing before her , he said , ‘ I do n't know how to thank you for your kindness . |
| 22 | Afterwards , he returned to the desk , where he opened one of the smaller drawers , and from it counted out a number of shiny coins … totalling four guineas in all . |
| 23 | He wondered suddenly what he would find when he returned to the hut . |
| 24 | He returned to the passage , ran lightly up the narrow twisting staircase , checked three bedrooms , the bathroom and the toilet . |
| 25 | With another of his faint , elusive smiles , he returned to the lounge — leaving the door open . |
| 26 | He returned to the tent . |
| 27 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
| 28 | When eventually he returned to the hotel , wearing a complete set of clothes none of which were his own , Minton asked where he had been . |
| 29 | Atef Bseisou , the director of external security for the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , was killed as he returned to the Hotel Meridien in Montparnasse , Paris , in the early hours of June 8 . |
| 30 | Mind made up , he returned to the kitchen , picked up his zipper jacket and departed , officially for school , but in fact for the town to do some shopping . |