Example sentences of "home for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both need a break but I ca n't afford a holiday and you would n't believe the hassle of organizing for her to go into a home for a fortnight . |
| 2 | Cheaper , simpler , safer and quicker to do yourself well at home for a bit . |
| 3 | Erm now you said you went away , you lived away from home for a bit , when you when you were eight |
| 4 | Did you say you lived away from home for a bit ? |
| 5 | I just had to stay at home for a bit . |
| 6 | to come to my home for a holiday and a rest … |
| 7 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 8 | For a social worker negotiating admission to a residential home for a dementia sufferer , it is particularly important to work out a contract , using a relative or friend if necessary to sign the contract and become the advocate on behalf of the client . |
| 9 | His brother , meanwhile , made an enemy in the fraught and envious film world , and cashed in his London home for a Hasselblad and a rough-looking Volkswagen Derby . |
| 10 | He tells us how he cried and cried when he found out the Almighty Mozzer had slung his hook and f—ed off home for a veggieburger . |
| 11 | Shetland , for example , is 338 kilometres ( 210 miles ) north of Aberdeen and attendance at a mid-week meeting on the mainland could involve five days away from home for a councillor from the northern isles ( Wheatley 1969:292 ) . |
| 12 | According to the assessments of relatives , friends , and neighbours who answered the questions , the quality of life of people who had been in a residential home for a year or more before their death was similar to that of others who died but had never been in such a home . |
| 13 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 14 | But those least likely to have spent time in a hospital or hospice or to die in one were those who had lived in a nursing home for a year or more . |
| 15 | Among this older group 46 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more were admitted , 75 per cent of the others . |
| 16 | There were similar differences when people dying of respiratory disease and of cerebrovascular accident were considered separately : the proportions admitted to hospital were 25 per cent and 47 per cent of those in a residential home for a year or more , 76 per cent and 89 per cent of others among the two causes of death groups respectively . |
| 17 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |
| 18 | In addition , among those for whom a staff member responded only one in twelve of those admitted during the last year of the life was felt to have had a good quality of life during that time compared with nearly half ( 46 per cent ) of those who had been in a home for a year or more . |
| 19 | It was to be her home for a year , sharing it initially with Laura Greig , an old schoolchum and now one of her ladies-in-waiting , and Sophie Kimball , the daughter of the then Conservative Member of Parliament , Marcus Kimball . |
| 20 | And what with Leo home for a part of the holidays , life had been wonderful . |
| 21 | Parents usually keep their children at home for a couple of years after they have completed their six years of compulsory education . |
| 22 | Again , with a further five clients who remained at home for a while , the Ipswich development officer felt she could have continued home support but was overruled by others who preferred institutional care . |
| 23 | Swapping jobs at home for a while with your partner may help . |
| 24 | ‘ Anne can stay at home for a while . |
| 25 | When I married my wife Mary , however , I planned to stay at home for a while . |
| 26 | And then erm I was at home for a while , and then I was living with friends in Birmingham , and in , in between time I 've been to Leeds and London . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd like to stay in Swinbrook until Anna is fully recovered — that 's if you do n't mind having her in your home for a while longer ? ’ |
| 28 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 29 | The , part of the estate , purchased by the then Village Council in nineteen hundred and five for the benefit of the village , would provide a home for a community centre and youth club which , properly run and organised , would be a considerable asset to the village . |
| 30 | After work one evening , Dad brought one of his workmates , Harry Acton , home for a cup of tea . |