Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] at home " in BNC.
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| 1 | After one or two walks over the hills together the girl preferred to stay at home so the mother went on her own ; on one of these occasions Peony had actually tidied up and got tea ready and gone a little way along the track to meet her mother when she saw her coming up the hill . |
| 2 | Once a deal was struck between matchmaker and the parents , the girl had to stay at home until her marriage . |
| 3 | Then the children start to arrive and the husband has to stay at home at nights with the wife and help look after them . |
| 4 | Though money may follow the patient , postoperative morbidity tends to stay at home . |
| 5 | Also unaccompanied , like Nolan , though Harry had mentioned at one time that Lewis was married : his reclusive wife preferred to stay at home to avoid the fuss and fracas of Lewis drunk . |
| 6 | ‘ MANY as are the virtues of the Moon under Water I think that the garden is the best feature , because it allows whole families to go there instead of Mum having to stay at home and mind baby while Dad goes out alone . |
| 7 | This is not to say that there are not many households where there is peace and contentment , when the old person is fortunate enough to keep well in mind and body even when she becomes frail , and where the daughter prefers to remain at home , and is able to make a satisfying life for herself . |
| 8 | One apparent reason for the delay was the Bush adminstration 's fear that to conclude a free-trade pact in mid-1992 as originally envisaged would be an electoral liability in the US presidential contest , opening Bush to attacks from protectionists that he was encouraging US companies to relocate to Mexico in search of cheap labour while unemployment continued to rise at home . |
| 9 | They used their extra income gained to stay at home to look after children . |