Example sentences of "should [be] [prep] home " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt himself passing his tongue over his lips ; it was unreal , everything that was happening ; he should be at home in the parlour , playing the piano , staring at the |
| 2 | She therefore advertised the garage as being for rent , and at the same time got herself a job as a secretary to an insurance broker , to fill in the time until Peter should be at home permanently or a family should arrive . |
| 3 | All being well , that should be at home to Genoa the following week . |
| 4 | If he needed to be questioned again it was right that it should be at home and with his parents present . |
| 5 | He should be at home in his father 's mansion , not listening to the ranting of some deranged maniac on the eve of what must surely be the one of the largest battles in the Empire 's history . |
| 6 | " He thought the kids should be at home with me . " |
| 7 | I thought by now I should be at home , I thought by now I should have secured peace , or died honourably in the attempt . |
| 8 | Women were silly creatures and should be at home with the washing machine instead of closing business deals … |
| 9 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 10 | Yeah , I 'm out tomorrow night , I 'm out school , selling books again so should be at home |