Example sentences of "[pers pn] be at home " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may not be as much with my family as I should be , but at least I am at home , ’ he reasons . |
| 2 | Then , once I am at home , I usually think the whole of it was splendid , and hate having to settle down to the monotonous , lonely life of a writer . |
| 3 | There is one place where I can say I am at home , where I can live in peace and quiet with my most beloved father and my dearest sister , where I can do as I like , where apart from the duties of my appointment I am my own master , and where I have a permanent income and yet can go off when I like , and travel every second year … |
| 4 | My wife and I both dive when I am at home and we have a number of friends who run dive charter operations in the Keys . |
| 5 | Then I am at home when the kids get in from school . |
| 6 | ‘ I am at home , and that is everything . ’ |
| 7 | In so far as I am using an expression , as distinct from attending to it , I am at home in it . |
| 8 | Accordingly , each week when I am at home , I take the car out and do a certain circuit , stopping at various vantage points where I can scan the surrounding area with binoculars or telescope , noting and memorising everything I see . |
| 9 | During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe . |
| 10 | I 'm happier at work than I am at home … |
| 11 | Let it have your sole attention when I am abroad , but when I am at home , so jealous am I of your affections , I shall permit no rival in them even a son and heir . |
| 12 | I 'm at home and Marie 's with me , and she 's still my friend . |
| 13 | I own a Charvel myself and so I 'm at home almost immediately with the feel of this one . |
| 14 | When we take breaks — when I 'm at home or on vacation — my chops go down drastically because I 'm enjoying my free time and doing things I do n't usually have time to do . |
| 15 | ‘ If one of the children is ill it does n't matter because I 'm at home , anyway , ’ she says . |
| 16 | I think about my work when I 'm at home . |
| 17 | When I 'm at home in the country I have breakfast at 9 am — cereal , brown toast and tea — and I 'm at my desk by 10 am . |
| 18 | But I 'm at home in it . |
| 19 | ’ Sure , I 'm at home . |
| 20 | I usually manage to curb my anger when I 'm at home , but at work I often do n't succeed . |
| 21 | GUIL : When I 'm at home ? |
| 22 | I wake up and for a moment I think I 'm at home or at Caroline 's . |
| 23 | ‘ Well I 'm at home today . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , when I 'm at home one has to show the flag . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm gon na buy , next time I go to MacDonalds when I 'm at home I 'm gon na get quarterpounder cheese a MacChicken Sandwich , large fries and and a |
| 26 | I were just like that when I were at home on me own at night , John used to play dominoes on a Friday night , the kids were in bed I 'd be in and out of kitchen |
| 27 | Held through the night , he wrote the following morning : ‘ I am treated like I was at home . |
| 28 | When two men tried to break into my kitchen via a skylight window at midnight while I was at home , I made the grave error of dialling 999 . |
| 29 | It was a job that fell mainly to me , because I was at home . |
| 30 | Because I was at home , we sat down for two hours and talked it through . |