Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the problem had to be resolved and my mind put at rest . |
| 2 | That 's true , er it would be also I think irresponsible for my side to point at oil companies or this or that operator . |
| 3 | My contractions started at midnight — not very considerate bearing in mind how much I need my sleep . |
| 4 | I 've my work waiting at home . ’ |
| 5 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 6 | " My husband died at Peterloo for that , my lad . |
| 7 | I 'd best be sending out letters to see how my credit stands at home . ’ |
| 8 | Turning my head to gaze at life , |
| 9 | Before I left , I went to visit the place where William , Elizabeth , and my father lay at rest . |
| 10 | My father working at home with his mother and farming this l twelve acre holding and my grandmother erm sub-letted the the park for him . |
| 11 | She is never left on her own as my mother stays at home when I go out , but she just waits on my bed and wo n't eat for food until I come back . |
| 12 | After lunch one day we went for a walk in the nearby woods , my mother remaining at home with the two younger children and the rest of us accompanying my father and my aunt . |
| 13 | I 'd be quite happy to go to work if erm if I had a good job and my boyfriend stayed at home , that 'd suit me fine ! |
| 14 | Comprising over 200 pieces , the Larner collection is the largest single-owner collection of its kind to appear at auction . |
| 15 | Voters could make their preferences known at home by punching a computer button and — since computers count no less swiftly in the Western Isles than Westminster North — all results could be published simultaneously , guaranteeing an early night for Messrs Paxman , Dimbleby , and Sissons . |
| 16 | She has only one of her sons staying at home in South Ronaldsay and is concerned that she may never be allowed to care for the others . |
| 17 | That this was a matter of interest and concern in Northumbria in the early 730s is clear from Bede 's letter to Ecgberht in 734 in which Bede expounded at length on the necessity for more bishops and a proper organization of the Northumbrian Church under an archbishop at York . |
| 18 | In an effort to create more atmosphere at Longchamp , Horse Racing Abroad , the chief transporter of Britons to French tracks , has its own grandstands , bars ( stocking drinks the British are used to ) , restaurants and betting facilities at the course to make its clients feel at home . |
| 19 | He rapidly became one of the prince 's closest friends , accompanying him on his crusade of 1270–2 and appearing as one of his executors in the will which Edward made at Acre in June 1272 . |
| 20 | The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland had legalised Sinn Fein in order to allow the Provisional wing to take part in the election but in spite of efforts to persuade them to do so they declined to take part and urged their supporters to stay at home on polling day . |
| 21 | Stony Stratford men could have their lunch cooked at home and placed in a basket , labelled , and school children would then rush them to the top of the town and the tram would make an express run for one penny per lunch basket . |
| 22 | How do its denizens sleep at night ? |
| 23 | The Broncos would return with guns unfired , their ordnance dumped at sea or on top of old FAKINTIL sites , notoriously long deserted . |
| 24 | In teaching , for example , married women were charged with being less efficient than men because of their higher absentee rates caused by pregnancy and by their need to stay at home to look after sick children , the fundamental assumption being that marriage and motherhood were incompatible with a career . |
| 25 | flip them over , but there 's er Sally and Russell that live across the road from us , er when Russell her husband lived at home , his mum always used to iron his socks and his boxer shorts and everything , now he wo n't wear them unless she 's ironed them he wo n't |
| 26 | My earliest memories are of Low Birk Hatt , which Daddy bought at auction when I was three , at what turned out to be an inflated price . |
| 27 | Within them , the companies either owned or effectively controlled the services , so that the miners and their families shopped at company shops , drank at company pubs , and played sports at colliery clubs . |
| 28 | Miners may now keep 20% of their output to sell at free-market prices . |
| 29 | So snowy owls may appear in southern Canada , Britain and southern Europe ( see above ) , while their populations remaining at home suffer poor breeding seasons due to overcrowding . |
| 30 | This is her finger picking at mortar ; |