The clerk left and never returned to the island.
The clerk disappeared for a few minutes, and presently returned.
The clerk returned to the desk and picked up the newspaper.
The clerk returned from her coffee break pushing an empty cart.
It was several minutes before the clerk returned to the telephone.
After the vote, a clerk than returned the language to the original 36 months and 13 months.
The clerk returned at this moment and laid some papers on his principal's desk.
They waited for almost an hour before the pretty clerk returned.
At this moment the clerk returned with his report.
The clerk did not return until the man tired of waiting and left.