Example sentences of "[vb past] home [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ged Kennedy made it 2–0 before Willie Wilson headed home to put the issue beyond doubt . |
| 2 | As Bowen admitted , it had been ‘ like the Alamo ’ for Norwich and bastions was on the lips of every Millwall supporter as they headed home complaining of an iniquitous defeat , their moans contrasting the broadcasted cries of consummation . |
| 3 | A month later he phoned home to say he had joined the Croatian Army in Yugoslavia . |
| 4 | However , disappointment set in when we ventured home to find that the packaging contained a guitar , a separate tremolo and guarantee which was to be mailed to the USA . |
| 5 | What remained of her conscience ached a little as she drove home remembering that , if she cared to , she could make April love her , and that this was a dangerous , potentially harmful ability . |
| 6 | She drove home to find Edward returned from the sports day . |
| 7 | Rovers Defender , Dave Higgins punched the ball out ; he was sent off for deliberate hand ball as Jim Magilton slammed home United 's second . |
| 8 | Later during that same year , my father came home to say that a friend had a bike for sale . |
| 9 | The next day Bernard went to talk to Father William , and came home to say yes , it was okay , Ellen could take instruction and , if all went well , could become a convert to Catholicism . |
| 10 | This was more patriotic than wise because he had to work long hours and came home coughing ; you could smell the sulphur on his clothes . |
| 11 | In fact she was such a quiet baby that sometimes when her father came home drunk on Friday nights he would fondly imagine she had joined her blessed mother in heaven . |
| 12 | Bridie came home bringing Teddy and Danny with her as well as the twins . |
| 13 | It seemed to him that Vincent came home spoiling for a fight . |
| 14 | He had a small mousy wife , and two grown sons who came home to drink all the beer out of the refrigerator and tell him that he was a strong-arm man for a decrepit and decaying society . |
| 15 | His Majesty 's submarine Taureg came home to base smoothly and smartly , escorted by a frigate of the Free Netherlands Navy . |
| 16 | ‘ Fifteen years ago , ’ she continued , ‘ he was in Egypt in the army of the Caliph and then he came home covered in glory , a rich man . |
| 17 | Emily and Charlotte came home to see her , but she was dead before they arrived . |
| 18 | Then my wife died , and my nephew , who was now the captain of a ship , came home to see me . |
| 19 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 20 | Most days I 'd go without food till I came home to cook the evening meal . |
| 21 | It was now that the assurances of 1918 that the pact would be for one election only came home to roost ; wanting to be ready in plenty of time , many local parties were by 1921 selecting candidates who would oppose sitting Coalition Liberals . |
| 22 | But the economic implications of the change soon came home to roost . |
| 23 | When Tim came home to visit the children one evening she disappeared upstairs . |
| 24 | Immediately after the service my aunt would dash to work at Nelson House , one of the Godolphin School Boarding Houses , whilst my mother and sisters came home to breakfast , already prepared by Dad , and in winter time he would also have the kitchen fire blazing away . |
| 25 | One morning , early in 1923 , Dad came home to breakfast , carrying what appeared to be old ironwork . |
| 26 | If you 've got a boy of 12 or 14 and he missed his tea or came home acting strangely you would know , ’ the woman said . |
| 27 | He came home to sleep and as soon as he woke after she 'd left for the Clinic , he went out . |
| 28 | Then one night he came home to inform them that he had lost his job . |
| 29 | On the day of the overdose Charles and Ann had a row before he went to work , and later Charles came home to find his wife had left him . |
| 30 | I came home to find the adults in a different tank ( salted for Mollies — but they 're fine ) as the wee Angels were slipping through a ″ gap at the bottom of the divider , to get eaten . |