Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I married my wife Mary , however , I planned to stay at home for a while . |
| 2 | I only remembered it when I leaned forward or when I tried to sleep at night . |
| 3 | Now I want to look at pattern knitting with the colour changer . |
| 4 | After Corrections I joined Picture Group in 1981 and for some reason I ended up doing a lot of work for them in the ghettos , guns , drugs and things like that ; it became my forte and I came to feel at ease in this kind of environment . |
| 5 | However , after some time had passed , and I had exhausted the tasks which could usefully be achieved with the implements I happened to have at hand , Miss Kenton was evidently still outside . |
| 6 | I like to sleep at night , and applying " scorched earth " tactics in selling OTC stocks to some unsuspecting people makes me cringe . |
| 7 | But I like to walk at night . |
| 8 | ‘ This summer I decided to stay at home and present a jazz/big band summer course , similar to the programme at Appel Farm , having seen the progress made by the pupils in America . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So there am I spending the rest of that day with you in my thoughts , and getting barely any rest from thoughts of you when I try to sleep at night either . ’ |
| 10 | I had to stay at home , but Will told me all about it when he came back . |
| 11 | For I had to stay at home and look after me farm for . |
| 12 | ‘ It was n't that , it was the amount of time I have to spend at home … helping with Jennifer , ’ she added . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't , but there are things I have to do at home . ’ |
| 14 | trouble is I have to leave at quarter to eight |
| 15 | I refuse to sit at home with my needlepoint , dear . |