Example sentences of "[verb] home [prep] a long " in BNC.

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1 Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence .
2 He was conscious of a growing feeling of peace and well-being as he drew nearer — like a weary traveller returning home after a long and tiring journey .
3 At the end of September Violet came home for a long weekend and Perdita was so bloody-minded that in despair Daisy escaped to Harvest Festival for an hour of peace .
4 That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work .
5 Carl had got home after a long day .
6 He and his son were coming home from a long day 's fishing .
7 They were told a carefully graduated series of lies : first that their mother was staying in hospital for a while , then that she might not come home for a long time , and finally that she might never come back .
8 Nick Brown was cleared of drugs charges in Goa , but has only just been allowed home after a long campaign by his mother .
9 Notts went ahead when Mike Simpson volleyed home after a long throw-in .
10 When Sombro comes home after a long excursion , he 's usually very thin , in poor shape and a bit battered and bruised .
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