Example sentences of "have [be] home for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I 'd been home for two hours when Silvia got back .
2 When he 'd been home for a month .
3 But our focus is primarily upon people , not places as such ; the male survivors of the next generation of Titfords succeeded in wrenching themselves away from the town which had been home for their ancestors for over a hundred and seventy years — and we have no choice but to follow them .
4 Millie had been home for nearly three months when she received a letter from Annabel .
5 But she did say on one occasion , after Cassie had been home for about two days : ‘ How 's that nice young man we met , Cassie ?
6 Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do .
7 It was very good very very good for women that have been home for a long time and want to get their confidence back .
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