Example sentences of "returned from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A delegation of lawyers from the British Romanian Law Association has just returned from a successful trip to Romania , having given seminars in two Romanian cities and met with representatives of the Romanian Bar Association . |
| 2 | FIFTY-FOUR parishioners from the Shrewsbury Cathedral Parish and diocese have returned from a memorable holiday/pilgrimage to Rome , Assisi and Palazzola . |
| 3 | One monkey , a female called Gena , ripped off her own tail after being returned from a dental research project at Guy 's Hospital in London . |
| 4 | I got the news of the fall of Shatila in London , having just returned from a fund-raising trip in the Gulf countries . |
| 5 | It was created when 8,400 refugees returned from a 10-year exile in Honduras between November 1989 and February of this year . |
| 6 | At the end of the poem Coleridge see himself almost as a shamanic figure who has returned from a prophetic trance , someone whose duty is to spread ‘ the milk of Paradise ’ . |
| 7 | By contrast , a group representing European human rights organizations which had returned from a 12-day visit to Burundi , maintained the same day that at least 3,000 people had been killed in reprisals by the army and paramilitary groups after the rebellion . |
| 8 | The two have returned from a disastrous holiday in Greecebut the worst is yet to come . |
| 9 | Professor Jack Spence of Leicester university has just returned from a fact-finding tour of South Africa . |
| 10 | When we meet they have just returned from a promotional stretch with Virgin in Los Angeles . |
| 11 | They 'd all gone to bed the night before when I 'd returned from a last noggin with Harry . |
| 12 | Sir , I have just returned from a full week in Belgrade and would like to seek comment and clarification on the information and knowledge sanctions which are now being imposed on Serbia . |
| 13 | If the crime had been other than murder he would have left it to his Scientific Officer assistant , not yet returned from a belated lunch . |
| 14 | On May 3 the Minister of Defence , Sayed Ghaus Ali Shah , returned from a three-day visit to Kuwait . |
| 15 | Brother Huub de Bij has returned from a short stay in Israel where he was responsible for directing and producing a colour-video highlighting the plight of Christian Arabs , ‘ a minority within a minority ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ My wife and I have recently returned from a ten day holiday in Gdynia , Poland . |
| 17 | Firewomen Emerton , Simpson , Smart and Turner — telephonists from Farnham Fire Station — returned from a ten week course near Reading where they had won a cup after competitions with several other fire service teams . |
| 18 | Aubrey and Cora-Beth had not long returned from a lengthy ride across the lush , undulating pastures and were still wearing jodhpurs and cool , open-necked shirts . |
| 19 | The best thing about TAG 's heartening play ( recently returned from a British Council trip to Singapore ) is its sympathetic , though occasionally sentimental , view of what life is like for people who courageously transplant themselves into another culture . |
| 20 | Miss Ruth Richardson , Finance Minister , has returned from a two-week sweep through the powerhouse economies of Asia in search of a massive infusion of investment funds , taking top businessmen with her . |
| 21 | Walker , who has just returned from a two-week fact finding mission , is now preparing a detailed report for the Latvian authorities . |
| 22 | He had just returned from a fresh session with the PM at Downing Street . |