Example sentences of "she [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example one woman set fire to her kitchen accidentally and the carer , her neighbour , realised that it would not be safe for her to remain at home ; another carer , a husband , found himself becoming so stressed that he struck his wife ; he then requested institutional care . |
| 2 | Eliza was now six months pregnant , and Lady Franklin extended a ‘ pressing invitation ’ to her to remain at Government House for the rest of her confinement . |
| 3 | When Charles invited her to dine at Buckingham Palace the Parker-Bowles or his skiing companions Charles and Patti Palmer-Tomkinson were always present . |
| 4 | ‘ Carole firmly believed God had chosen her to work at Claire House looking after sick and dying children . |
| 5 | He turned from her to look at Paviour . |
| 6 | He even wanted her to stay at school after she was sixteen , but she got round him there . |
| 7 | She irritably suppressed the knowledge that Mr Tranter , the editor , allowed her to stay at home on Saturday mornings , ostensibly to work . |
| 8 | Her mother ( she knew without asking , there was never any possibility of her asking ) expected her to stay at home . |
| 9 | There would be every justification for her to stay at home most of the time and only emerge on joint engagements with her husband . |
| 10 | Marjorie was going to take the children to the fair in the afternoon , but Nick persuaded her to stay at home . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She 's got some and told her to stay at home . |
| 13 | 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 . |