Example sentences of "home for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Take the spare bits of ‘ your ’ animal home for the freezer , and we could even sell videos , with stereo sound , of its death at your very own hands , to amuse your guests at dinner parties . |
2 | Then in the Southern my next prayer was to be home for the boy 's Christmas holidays from school and I got home : it was even more special . |
3 | He already knew most of the city 's different districts and its short cuts , its sudden changes of place and people ; it was just that now he would see the shop windows shining at night instead of by day , see them gliding past from a car or taxi window as he was driven home for the night . |
4 | This made him easier to take home for the night ; people who would normally never have approached such a beauty felt that they could . |
5 | I see arts students ' timetables , an English student comes in for two hours a week , and he 's home for the rest of the time . |
6 | Gerard and his mother went to London , renting a house in Hampstead Garden Suburb which was to be Hoffnung 's home for the rest of his life . |
7 | After a heart-to-heart talk , she had gently ordered him home for the rest of the week , and since that time they had been friends in a reserved sort of way . |
8 | ‘ Do n't you think you should go home for the rest of the day ? |
9 | I thought I could cope , but deep down a little nagging voice said to me , leave him where he is , he 's happy , he 's settled , have him home for the holiday . |
10 | ‘ We 'll take a quick break for some tea and then we should be ready to run it up in another hour , ’ he briefs Captain Tuck-Brown , who has come across to check on progress before going home for the day . |
11 | Her four-year-old son Sam , who suffers from leukaemia , was allowed home for the day . |
12 | If there 's no work for 'em they can go home for the day . |
13 | Julian whose home is at Seamer , near Scarborough is currently the assistant cruise director in the Caribbean and is returning home for the presentation ceremony next month . |
14 | He would work more overtime and try to get home for the winter . |
15 | I wan na get him another towelling dressing gown because the blue one he had on the caravan he brought home for the winter bring them home and wash them . |
16 | Rigney , the strong redhead , had to return home for the tour and Donal Lenihan was flown out as his replacement . |
17 | Andrew 's coming home for the weekend so I thought it would be nice to have a drinks party . |
18 | We were talking about Andrew coming home for the weekend and having the Bunkers round for drinks . |
19 | Ideally , of course , there should be the choice , especially for islanders having to work on the mainland who want to come home for the weekend . |
20 | People were crying in shock and smoke billowing above Pearse , Talbot and Parnell streets marking the spots where a few hours earlier , country women and men had hurried past to catch trains home for the weekend . |
21 | When Guy brought his girl friend home for the weekend , for instance , the air was thick with sex , but Lady Grubb noticed nothing . |
22 | He was only home for the weekend . |
23 | Another man , a colleague in the newspaper industry in London , left the office where he had worked for most of his adult life to travel home for the weekend . |
24 | In summer he let her cut a bunch of flowers at the end of the morning , to take home for the table . |
25 | Young or old , going out or staying home for the evening , a glass of Scotch sets the scene , complements the mood , ensures complete enjoyment … never intrusive , always compatible … |
26 | ‘ Any suggestion that your wife expects you home for the evening meal at a reasonable hour ’ is met with ‘ howls of derision ’ from older colleagues . |
27 | ‘ And will Father be home for the cake bit ? ’ |
28 | However , for the third time this season , Wantage could not hold on to a lead given them in the last five minutes , and allowed Andy Martin to shoot home for the equaliser for Bicester . |
29 | Kevin had been poor then and unable to get home for the funeral . |
30 | Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral . |