Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] at home " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to go with her to the train , but she told me to stay at home otherwise I 'd get lost on the way back . |
| 2 | She 's got some and told her to stay at home . |
| 3 | And I never went to hospital because me cousin was a nurse who 'd er you know got married and so she er proffered to nurse me which she did and er the then er health people in allowed me to stay at home because of this you see and I was at home and er that was in nineteen sixteen . |
| 4 | In years she was senior to everyone including the infrequently seen Charlie ; as mother hen to the dancing girls she 'd taken Lucy in and allowed her to feel at home in a matter of hours . |
| 5 | She irritably suppressed the knowledge that Mr Tranter , the editor , allowed her to stay at home on Saturday mornings , ostensibly to work . |
| 6 | ( 218b ) She allowed him to stay at home yesterday but he chose to go to school all the same . |
| 7 | Her mother ( she knew without asking , there was never any possibility of her asking ) expected her to stay at home . |
| 8 | Marjorie was going to take the children to the fair in the afternoon , but Nick persuaded her to stay at home . |
| 9 | He wanted her to stay at home and look after the children as much as she did ; he wanted her to be mainly interested in them . |