Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] at home " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are the 3% placed in welfare institutions or left at home with parents , classed as ineducable . |
| 2 | But in poor families , many youngsters spend Saturdays earning money or helping at home , which prevents them attending such classes . |
| 3 | Military leaders in the sixteenth century who could not find wars to fight elsewhere might turn on their own sovereigns and fight at home ; there had been some decades of civil war in England after the English had been driven out of France in the middle of the fifteenth century . |
| 4 | It creates a common link between teaching in schools and learning at home . |
| 5 | So I decided not to go to the Literary Club but to stay at home . |
| 6 | And yet if you want properly to hear a Prom there is often little alternative but to stay at home with the radio transmission , so wretched are the acoustics in large areas of the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 7 | The islanders are industrious ; they are either out at work or working at home . |
| 8 | Peter immediately replied , ‘ I would like Susie to give up work and stay at home , so that I can be sure that she is not cheating on me and not planning to leave . ’ |
| 9 | So that 's the first rule of good negotiating : learn to master the art of listening and to feel at home with silence . |
| 10 | It is during this subsequent period that many problems arise , such as relationships with parents and living at home . |
| 11 | Specialist nurses have particular expertise in one field of nursing , usually in an area where the patient and family need teaching and support at home as well as in hospital . |
| 12 | In general terms , the monarchical presidency — with its combination of assertiveness abroad , pageantry and preachifying at home , and lofty detachment from daily politics ( for which the prime minister took responsibility ) — proved a successful formula . |
| 13 | After the war , Unionist candidates with commissions , good war records and decorations made the most of their advantages , especially when they could be set against opponents who had opposed the war or stayed at home . |
| 14 | Er I mean , all I want Win , is something to do for four years than sit at home being a housewife and hang yourself as well ! |
| 15 | Recently his complaints had been more and more concerned with his wife : he had even asked the doctor to ‘ tell Susie ’ to give up her job and stay at home . |
| 16 | It had n't assumed the full importance it later would in my life , though I already liked the place and felt at home in its coolness and dark . |
| 17 | She knew it would be useless to suggest that running away to Bristol looked more suspicious than pretending a stomach upset and staying at home . |
| 18 | Indenbaum did not take the proposition seriously , as he felt sure that Modi would have forgotten all about it in the morning , but Modigliani was insistent and asked Indenbaum if he had canvas and paint at home . |
| 19 | Consequently , multinationals are concentrated in oligopolistic industries and have been larger than firms that stay at home ( Bergsten et al. , 1978 ) . |
| 20 | Babur looks out over the dark quiet trees to the white lights and feels at home . |
| 21 | It 's very tempting to leave your jacket and tie at home when the temperature starts to soar . |
| 22 | I think I 'll just go home on Sunday and stay at home , go home and s tell my , pretend to my mum I 'm dying like spend all day asleep . |
| 23 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking and backpacking at home and abroad . |
| 24 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking and backpacking at home |
| 25 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years ' experience of walking and backpacking at home and abroad |
| 26 | Paul Traynor is a freelance journalist with 25 years experience of walking and backpacking at home and abroad |
| 27 | ‘ She could have had his body taken back to Liverpool and buried at home , ’ Maureen said . |
| 28 | Specialist nursing or care at home for people with a terminal illness may be available through Macmillan nurses , provided by Cancer Relief , and Marie Curie Foundation nurses , or from a local hospice . |
| 29 | Sponsored by Wedgwood , Ray attended Staffordshire University for around nine hours each week and studied at home for a further 12 hours a week . |
| 30 | " Borrowing " leads or bargain books , so as to copy out clients ' names and addresses at home , is another last minute activity considered profitable . |