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Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] at [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I can only hear it at home really , this thing she 's
2	He 'd rather do it at night !
3	In many cases this is due to great disappointment : if you can not enjoy yourself at Christmas when can you enjoy yourself ?
4	Furthermore , teaching Portuguese in primary school to children who do not speak it at home further isolates school experience from that of the home .
5	Why not do it at home , away from the distractions of the office , is the important thing .
6	‘ They 'll not like it at home .
7	But as you can not see me at present with any advantage to yourself , I leave for Tunbridge , my dear , and hope we shall better understand one another on my return .
8	I have brought them with me but I ca n't just keep them at home .
9	If those companies can not sell their products at home , and if the Government do not encourage them at home , people abroad will not be encouraged to buy them either .
10	Eventually , though , I could no longer manage him at home — he was so weak ; so I arranged for him to go into the residential home , where Miss Prescott and Mrs Whitaker did everything they possibly could to make him happy and comfortable — and succeeded .
11	It does not infuse itself at conception — or any other magic moment .
12	We have created a framework in which Europe can develop its defence role in a way which complements the American presence in Europe and does not put it at risk .
13	And er I had a letter back on the Friday from Stuart to say er according to Mr 's description it was very interesting and could I possibly meet him at Station on the Saturday morning .
14	yes you could probably ring me at work yep that 's more convenient so that 's
15	There are also plans to turn his last film Hairspray into a Broadway musical , but we Brits can now enjoy it at home : Hairspray , Polyester , and Female Trouble are all out on video at £9.99 each .
16	we , we do n't really need them at home , do we ?
17	Science and the Renewal of Belief does not duck the obvious but difficult questions — as an Anglican lay minister , Professor Stannard must often meet them at grass roots .
18	A woman , on the other hand , is used to moods and can often change them at will , as if stepping into a new outfit of clothes ( Robert A. Johnson , He — Understanding Masculine Psychology ) .
19	The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ .
20	They wo n't want 'em at t'front door .
21	Will did n't need me at home , because he was busy writing his new play , A Midsummer Night 's Dream .
22	My gran do n't buy me at Christmas .
23	And if you ca n't organize yourself at work then it 's a ten to a penny that you ca n't organize the other bits either .
24	She does n't do it at home , she can easily go out
25	Verbal messages become more hostile , more aggressive , and the threat of rejection may be offered ( ‘ If you ca n't do it this way , do n't do it at all' — fail and you must go elsewhere ) .
26	If you do n't learn , at school they 'd give you detention and lines and punish you for not doing it , if you do n't do it at college it 'll be your mistake and your fault
27	Paul is hyperactive — we ca n't keep him at school .
28	‘ You ca n't keep them at home forever , you know .
29	‘ I wish you would n't ring me at home .
30	Sneha , ( not her real name ) an Asian girl of eighteen living with her family near Birmingham , wrote me a long letter , but with the strict proviso that I did n't ring her at home or try to contact her at all .