Example sentences of "[vb past] home [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fled home on the underground , scolding herself for being such a coward , it could all be over now if she 'd been sensible . |
| 2 | One morning I strolled home from the supermarket at the end of the road and made myself a cup of coffee . |
| 3 | Then , when he returned — which he always did , as quickly as possible , for Smugglers ' Cove ( and its occupant ) were so strong a magnet that he often drove home through the night — then she was unfailingly reassured . |
| 4 | Maggie drove home from the office . |
| 5 | Jim asked Jean eventually as they drove home in the cart . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , thank God for Beuno , ’ said Lydia as they drove home in the dark . |
| 7 | When he fetched me from hospital after my baby died , we drove home in the dark . |
| 8 | The smile froze on her face as his words , jocular though they were meant to be , slammed home with the force of a bullet . |
| 9 | As I came home on the boat , I thought : ‘ This is a good thing , a fine thing , perhaps . |
| 10 | I came home towards the end of March 1944 , in time for Leslie 's twenty-fourth birthday , though we were not able to spend it together . |
| 11 | Alan says his wife says of golfers there you are a big cup and lots of money … last week he came home with the cup but no money |
| 12 | They pushed for the statement to be brought forward to clear the air before their sons came home for the Christmas holidays at the weekend , palace sources claimed . |
| 13 | Joe and Eileen were given short compassionate leave and Stephen came home for the funeral . |
| 14 | He came home at the home did n't you ? |
| 15 | Schooldays and the void they both felt when the boys went off to boarding school , followed by the joy unconfined when they came home at the end of term . |
| 16 | Robert Asshe came home at the end of the evening performance , traces of grease-paint still on his face . |
| 17 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 18 | ‘ Nothing different , miss , dad came home from the inn and took his belt to me . ’ |
| 19 | It was over an hour before the eldest boys came home from the park , during which time Ellie was made to sit quite still and not move . |
| 20 | This week Peter Harris came home from the hospice where he 's being treated for cancer . |
| 21 | One Saturday night his father came home from the pub the worse for drink and as usual he picked on Chopper 's mother . |
| 22 | Katy was looking very pleased with herself when she came home from the nursery . |
| 23 | The Austin ten and I had that when my son came home from the army . |
| 24 | When she came home from the hospital , she had noticed new locks and bolts on the doors , front and back . |
| 25 | I came home from the hospital one day to find Johnnie all alone and desperate for physio , lying on the sitting-room floor crying his eyes out and starving hungry . |
| 26 | They came home from the sortie on Sunday knowing that the next time they sit down to pick an Under-25 international side they will be looking for three new skips . |
| 27 | Molly remembered the day he came home from the war . |
| 28 | Since he came home from the war , he ca n't get any work , see ? |
| 29 | Honey was sweet and gentle from the day she was born , so it was rather a surprise when she came home from the horse breaker with a completely changed personality . |
| 30 | That really turned my stomach , even if , I mean I remember when I was carrying , when I was carrying the twins , and he used to go out huge things you know , and so much so that if he came home in the night , right , and I was already in bed asleep , I would be able to er , he would wake me in the bedroom cos I could smell smoke on him , but he did n't smoke , but where he 'd been the pub or a night club , I smelt |