Example sentences of "[verb] home for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In second place Frank Emmelmann had to be at his very best as Linford Christie charged home for the British team , pushed all the way by Bruno Marie-Rose and Stefano Tilli , but the East German held on well as Linford was given the fastest ‘ anchor ’ split of 9.1 . |
| 2 | Well , I came home for the 1986 Turnberry Open expecting to caddie for Mac O'Grady but that did n't materialize , so Nick and I joined up in July 1986 . |
| 3 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 4 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 5 | His father had been ‘ under the weather , since July , and Lewis was half-aware that he might be coming home for the last time . |
| 6 | She went home for the first time after twelve weeks … but she 's been in and out of the unit constantly ever since . |
| 7 | Before the veteran entertainer went home for the emotional Christmas Day reunion with his family , Leslie and Jean had together given thanks for his recovery at a short Communion service in the hospital chapel . |
| 8 | ‘ Sadly , it seems that some young people find it difficult to adjust when they leave home for the first time . ’ |
| 9 | Many entrants to nursing will be leaving home for the first time or changing their location . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Memories of the marathon " sew-in " before she left home for the International Youth Congress could not have failed to bring a smile to Eva 's lips , or those of her sisters , if they could have seen her stitching away patiently and efficiently on a hand-driven sewing machine . |
| 14 | The last date was significant ; it was the Monday following the Sunday on which Inez left home for the last time . |
| 15 | But for once , the gentleman sleuth left home for the bright lights . |
| 16 | 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 . |