Example sentences of "[v-ing] home [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He absconds frequently , returning home to display acting-out tendencies . |
| 2 | He absconds frequently , returning home to display acting-out tendencies . |
| 3 | A husband who has a demanding job , and is used to returning home to find dinner ready to be put on the table , may be distinctly put out if his wife is upstairs helping his mother-in-law onto the commode instead . |
| 4 | Social ostracism followed outbursts of silliness , hubby drank a lot , did n't hit her often but did bad-mouth her excessively , and took up fishing ; went away for weekends with male friends she 'd never heard of , Claimed to be tackling rivers but kept bringing home filleted sea fish on the Sunday night , and was always suspiciously careful to empty his pockets when he gave her his clothes to wash . |
| 5 | That was how he liked life — chatting with people at work , going home to see mother ( and , of necessity , father , but he tried to avoid that when possible now ) and confining social contact to those he really wanted to be with , when he wanted to be with them . |
| 6 | It 's my day off , so I 'm going home to help Mother with the housework . |
| 7 | I also remember proudly coming home to tell Dad I 'd been made head prefect of my grammar school . |
| 8 | The boys disappeared after leaving home to play football after tea . |