Example sentences of "for him at home " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gentle , indeed ! ’ she said ‘ And if I were as gentle in the market as I have been for him at home , how does he think I would manage ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We have a name for him at home — ‘ The Joker ’ , because he 's a tremendous personality who loves a leg-pull . |
| 3 | Whereas his state visits to Washington , London or Bonn had given Ceauşescu enormous status even within Romania , his tireless travelling around the Third World helped to undermine respect for him at home . |
| 4 | He thought with envy of the young locum doctor standing in for him at home , seeing his patients at this very moment , and then he thought of his ex-wife , and his ex-cat , which used to sleep on their bed , and then with interest and longing of flukes , the flukes of absorption that can at least put the unforgettable at some merciful remove . |
| 5 | They were all waiting for him at home now , he knew , in the olive grove , where the snails would be out crawling in the rain . |
| 6 | His wife cares for him at home but this is very demanding and she finds that she needs regular breaks . |
| 7 | Poor Bill ! all day looking for him at home . |