Example sentences of "[verb] home to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELVILLE : I have had the mortification for some weeks past to come home to a very different Pamela than I used to . |
| 2 | However , they have come home to a safe place where they know they are loved and that it is safe to have their tantrums . |
| 3 | HOLIDAY HEARTBREAK : But returning home to a burglary can be avoided |
| 4 | Evenings she came home to a stack of manila envelopes with folded papers lettered in scarlet and black . |
| 5 | But he came home to a recession . |
| 6 | After the Tower Report was published in February 1987 , and the PROF notes revealed that had passed by computer between the characters , the basement became home to a band of five-o'clock-shadowed Boy Scouts delighting in their own secrecy . |
| 7 | In 1902 , Joiner sold the mill to the Somerset-based Dulcote Leatherboard Co , of which he was already a partner , and the mill became home to a number of special processes , mainly for the manufacture of shoe stiffeners . |
| 8 | She will twist your poor rich senile arm to pay you out , because you have an airy house on the hill , and she goes home to a room in the damp and humid valley . |
| 9 | Time to go home to a warm fire . |
| 10 | Shulamith Firestone undoubtedly did everyone a great service by vigorously extending this notion to women , and pointing out the absurdity of men 's viewing themselves as totally detached individuals in relation to the rest of society , while still expecting to go home to a wife who would always have their dinner hot for them in the evening . |
| 11 | AN ADVENTURER who pedalled a boat 4,700 miles from Hawaii to Japan arrived home to a hero 's welcome yesterday after 110 days at sea . |
| 12 | It consists of a clay pipe to a brick inner sanctum which its hoped will become home to a breeding pair of otters . |
| 13 | It was a brave decision : MacArthur was extremely popular ( a Gallop Poll reported 69% in his favour ) , and returned home to a hero 's welcome . |
| 14 | So , for example , someone met initially at work may be brought home to a meal , or arrangements may be made to go out to the theatre , perhaps . |
| 15 | Then , drinking champagne with journalists , he flew home to a Teheran in which his supporters had tried to re-erect the toppled statues of his father . |
| 16 | The slowness of the process means that you can fill it up with all the necessary ingredients for your soup , stew , casserole , risotto , or pudding , before you go out in the morning and you will arrive home to a wonderful smell and a meal that is instantly ready . |
| 17 | Go home to a nice tough , clean house shall we ? |
| 18 | It was an event , akin to the sinking of the Titanic , that rocked society at a moment of supreme self-congratulation and brought home to a people intoxicated with science and progress the existence of an admonitory Deity . |
| 19 | Why not do it and leave it ready the day before , then all that is needed is one minute to set the garter carriage in operation and you will come home to a sleeve which only has to be cast off . |
| 20 | Star were up 36–34 at halftime , but a storming performance by Annadale saw them squeezed home to a deserved victory . |
| 21 | Of course , not all young people leave home to a whirl of social activity . |
| 22 | They come home to a nice bathed kid and they do n't know how much shit you 've wiped up during the day … |
| 23 | You can set it to cook while you 're out and come home to a perfectly cooked meal . |
| 24 | So you come home to a nice warm , brightly lit home with plenty of piping hot water to soak-away the dust of travel . |
| 25 | In 1980 a series of arson attacks on English-owned cottages in Wales gave new meaning to the advertising slogan , " come home to a real fire " . |
| 26 | These were the harrowing scenes at Heathrow airport as the group of Russian orphans prepared to return home to a country that regards them as mentally retarded … just because they 're without parents.They 'd spent twelve happy weeks in the Malvern Hills , being cared for by local schools.And they were dreading going back to Russia . |
| 27 | SDLP party chairman Mark Durkan romped home to a first-time victory along with another newcomer , Martin Bradley , son of former SDLP mayor Mary Bradley . |
| 28 | Four days after ‘ The Gunners ’ narrowly beat Sheffield Wednesday on Highbury 's main pitch , Islington romped home to a 2-O defeat of Cardiff 's Thornhill team on the astroturf at Highbury 's indoor pitch . |
| 29 | The aim is to ensure that no patient is sent home to a situation where he might be at risk . |
| 30 | In one case , a couple return home to a house in which there is a smell of gas . |