Example sentences of "his [noun] [to-vb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His decision to stay at home for emergency meetings sent shock waves through the money markets and shares plunged . |
| 2 | Only once had he let himself begrudge it , only once , that night , and never since , for he knew it was his duty and his right to stay at home with her . |
| 3 | He could make himself out to be the apostle of order in Europe , but he had to devote far more his attention to order at home . |
| 4 | She knew she was still on trial , despite his efforts to appear at ease . |
| 5 | He had worked for the same firm for 16 years without working on a Sunday because of his objection to working on a Sunday and his wish to stay at home and then to go to church . |
| 6 | He 's past his peak as a tennis player , so it 's his turn to stay at home . |
| 7 | Whereas in the classic Italian historical novel , Manzoni 's The Betrothed ( 1827 ) , much admired by Eco , the omniscience of the author consists in his ability to probe at will into the psychology of his characters and , at the same time , to link this to broad historical movements and even some sense of a providential ‘ plot ’ in history , in Eco it is closer to the power of the master craftsman who can make what he will with the materials to hand , and unmake it too . |
| 8 | Macnab had read classics at Oxford , and appreciated the range of Joyce 's literary and linguistic knowledge , not least his ability to quote at will and to the point from Virgil and Homer . |