Example sentences of "[to-vb] home the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would have to come home the long way round . |
| 2 | Paisley used his time to hammer home the religious significance of the battle with O'Neill by writing a commentary on Paul 's Letter to the Romans , the book which Paul had written while awaiting trial in prison . |
| 3 | Dr. Robert Upshall , who would have fought for a seat in Parliament , said party supporters would continue to hammer home the environmental message . |
| 4 | To hammer home the political point , a large number of the two million leaflets printed were sent to the headquarters of the various political parties and to the Assemblée nationale , the French parliament building . |
| 5 | By five-thirty , I had met up with the lads and , content at seventeen miles , stooped in the twilight to hammer home the twenty-eight pegs . |
| 6 | Whenever he tried to go home the old woman would throw a magic ball of thread into his boat and draw him back to shore . |
| 7 | And she began to walk home the long way round so as not to bump into anybody . |
| 8 | Ballyclare restored their lead in the 55th minute when promising Adrian Moore broke clear on the right and crossed for James Beattie to tap home the second goal . |
| 9 | The opportunity to press home the naval attack was thus lost and with it the possibility of the overthrow of Turkey . |
| 10 | Thames Valley Police have rounded up some of the world 's fastest cars to ram home the anti-speeding message . |
| 11 | There were reports of Diana playing tricks on Charles too — changing jackets with a friend , so he would attempt to take home the wrong woman ; and there were reports that he spent his evenings at home in the chalet while Diana danced the night away with friends in a disco . |
| 12 | But it has taken the extraordinary campaign of the Natural Law Party to bring home the sheer size and wealth of the movement , 25 years after it first made headlines . |
| 13 | But Morocco 's opposition parties want King Hassan to bring home the 1,500 troops he sent to join the multinational force . |