Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [be] [vb pp] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd have thought that Mrs Carrow would take it on herself to go down to the beach with little Celia that morning when one of my younger brothers came for me because my mum was ill , well I 'd never have gone , however much I was needed at home . |
| 2 | Perhaps they were cloistered at home or in one of the wig shops . |
| 3 | She had had such a promising career as a physio , Kathleen thought crossly , and now she was trapped at home with her children while her husband powered quietly on up the career ladder , leaving her behind . |
| 4 | In closed systems an individual 's position is largely ascribed : often it is fixed at birth and there is little he or she can do to change status . |
| 5 | One of them died almost immediately ; its little body was dressed in a clean nightdress and linen cap and its arms were folded on its breast ; then it was taken at night to be buried . |
| 6 | Dorothy Stanton Wise was born deaf at Dover where she was educated at home by her mother who had taken her to see the Rev. Thomas Arnold at Northampton for advice . |
| 7 | Abingdon United came back down to earth with a bang this afternoon when they were defeated at home by three goals to nil by lowly Rayners Lane . |
| 8 | CARDIFF , who last won the Welsh Cup in 1987 , had a lucky double in the newly named SWALEC Cup yesterday when they were drawn at home in rounds four and five . |
| 9 | Otherwise he was educated at home , at first by his mother and then by a succession of tutors . |