Example sentences of "not [vb infin] home " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a committed Labour Party member I can not condone nor understand why , with the country suffering from Tory fatigue , the Labour Party does not thrust home its policies rather than become embroiled in this negative smear and counter-smear campaign . |
| 2 | I should not run home and stay here in fear , for my sister can not harm me . |
| 3 | Jessie did not return home for several hours . |
| 4 | The bones of Christian soldiers who did not return home lie beneath the stones of the desert , sometimes disturbed by the foraging goats . |
| 5 | Because the development officer in Ipswich was not able to see these institutionalised clients in their own homes she understandably found it hard in many cases to say whether or not she agreed with the decision that they should not return home . |
| 6 | The first entry in his diary for 1802 is ‘ 19th January — Mr. Ibbetson 's Dance ’ ; and on 12th May of the same year he danced there again , and did not return home till next day . |
| 7 | Whilst Rowe and Lambert took exception to the then prevailing view that children should , and more important could , be returned to their own families , they were strongly committed to family care as the main form of substitute care for those children who could not return home . |
| 8 | In the minority of cases in which the child does not return home , he or she will remain in care up to the age of 18 if necessary . |
| 9 | Bicycle Thieves did not sound very promising , but he could not return home now . |
| 10 | At Prudential Assurance , the following terms apply to members of staff who travel daily and do not move home : |
| 11 | Auguste did not walk home alone to Blue Horizons . |
| 12 | He was not a tall man and was soon almost dwarfed by his five lively , wryly humorous sons , who avoided him as far as possible and could not leave home soon enough . |
| 13 | Homesitters must not leave home for longer than three hours in the day and one hour after dark . |
| 14 | Then I had a bright idea — why not go home to see if any more rubbish was available . |
| 15 | Two upper floors together accommodate nearly 2,200 men , each having his numbered place with table , while adjacent staff premises contain steam ovens , tea and coffee brewing and usual appliances for meeting the needs of those workmen who do not go home for meals during the day . |
| 16 | But she could not go home , given how she felt ; fit to throw a tantrum . |
| 17 | It is important that adequate pre-discharge assessment takes place to ensure that patients do not go home to situations where they are unable to cope or inadequately supported . |
| 18 | Second , Syracuse operated an incentive system whereby crews which finished early could not go home until all the crews had finished ; consequently , those which finished early had an incentive to help the others . |
| 19 | I did not go home , and my letters to my family were very short . |
| 20 | The matchwinner threw his boots among the 4,000 fans who would not go home until manager Lennie Lawrence and players returned from the dressing room . |
| 21 | The latter airlifted $2.2 billion worth of weaponry to prevent Israel 's defeat but on condition that it did not press home a counter-attack . |
| 22 | If he could not come home he knew he would die , too . |
| 23 | Hip fracture patients who do not come home early tend to spend 30 days in hospital , at much greater cost to the taxpayer . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The first day Shanti was with us he did not come home from school till very late . |
| 26 | I thought I should go mad if my brother did not come home at the appointed hour , for I longed to thrust it into his hands . |
| 27 | It is a funny world in which a child , however mature they may seem , is allowed to just go out without leaving an address or phone number and simply does not come home . |
| 28 | As it is , the Carrickfergus player does not come home empty handed , because a break of 104 wins him a gold chain , the prize for every century-maker in the Tailand tournament . |
| 29 | Norm was very busy these days , and often did not come home for dinner . |
| 30 | When Norm did not come home for dinner , or when he ate and went out again to a meeting , Mira would spend the evening reading . |