Example sentences of "home for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 2 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 3 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 4 | You go to the most wonderful places , you STAND in Soweto outside Nelson Mandela 's little house and watch him come home for the first time in 25 years . |
| 5 | When I took Jack [ Rosenthal ] home for the first time it was my parents ' silver wedding anniversary . |
| 6 | Many entrants to nursing will be leaving home for the first time or changing their location . |
| 7 | I was calling the L-shaped room home for the first time , and thinking of it as such . |
| 8 | For the married couples the heartache would be centred round their children going off to boarding school , especially when they left home for the first time . |
| 9 | And when I left home for the first time , it suddenly occurred to me that there was no reason why I should n't change it . |
| 10 | She went home for the first time after twelve weeks … but she 's been in and out of the unit constantly ever since . |
| 11 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 12 | ‘ Sadly , it seems that some young people find it difficult to adjust when they leave home for the first time . ’ |
| 13 | With the wind at their backs in the second half , Aldershot penned the Oxford lads in their own half and Simon Nice , in his best form , drove the ball firmly home for the second goal . |
| 14 | And so it was that on a beautiful morning in May , two to three years after her return from Trantridge , Tess Durbeyfield left home for the second time . |
| 15 | Kevan Smith completely missed a right wing corner from Phil Jones at the near post , allowing Worthington to bundle the ball home for the 87th League goal against Quakers this season . |
| 16 | It 's hot , it 's happy and it 's home for the next six weeks , along with the University Arms Hotel a few minutes ' walk away . |
| 17 | We did find the Hall that was to be home for the next couple of nights , with a note pinned to the door giving directions to the pub where the rest of the Society had gathered . |
| 18 | His father had been ‘ under the weather , since July , and Lewis was half-aware that he might be coming home for the last time . |
| 19 | They manhandled her out of the vehicle and through the front doors , down the corridor and into the small , windowless and empty room that had become her home for the last nine hours . |
| 20 | The last date was significant ; it was the Monday following the Sunday on which Inez left home for the last time . |