Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can buy weights to use at home . |
| 2 | However , schools did not like students to feel at home in arts and science : a rigid division between the two prevailed : |
| 3 | A toy knife that lets out a scream when the blade is pressed-in , could encourage children to play at murder , according to Trading Standards officers . |
| 4 | JAPAN 's COMPUTER FIRMS WANT STATE TO HELP PAY STAFF TO STAY AT HOME |
| 5 | He had felt he should ask Nahum to stay at Fern Cottage with him , but was relieved when Christian insisted that the gipsy leader 's son stay at Handley Farm for the remainder of his time in Swinbrook . |
| 6 | Adoption can be seen as the logical answer to infertility , but as Brebner et al ( 1985 ) point out , if medical investigations/treatment for infertility fail and are performed without adequate psychological support , the subsequent depression and disappointment can cause couples to jump at adoption without recognising those aspects of parenthood which are peculiar to adoptive parenthood , which include : having to be assessed and monitored ; absence of pregnancy and birth ; becoming attached to a child born to someone else ; having to tell the child he or she is adopted . |