Example sentences of "[vb base] home the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If history is any guide , the Bank of England could force overnight money rates up into the 20 to 30 per cent range and ram home the message with aggressive buying of pounds . |
| 2 | They bring home the inequality of material conditions : at the one extreme old men in filthy lodgings chopping a few sticks to keep warm , and at the other the lady of the manor supported by servants and a companion in her immaculate drawing-room . |
| 3 | But above all they bring home the fragility of human power to rescue us from despair and the absence of hope . |
| 4 | As I revise this chapter , celebrations of the anniversary of the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1688 once again bring home the fact that while other nations trace the origins of their freedom and identity to popular uprisings , the British happily attach the word ‘ revolution ’ to a mere coup d'état . |
| 5 | Bring home the bacon . |
| 6 | Bring home THE BACON |
| 7 | His answer is immediate and emphatic a good hunter , he says you know what a woman wants in a , in a husband is a man who can you know bring home the bacon literally , er it 's not smoked of course , but it 's fresh ! |
| 8 | Vietnam 35 years later , moving images and sounds bring home the horror of a napalm attack . |
| 9 | As well as providing a fascinating insight into the world of nature , the six titles in Pendulum 's Discovery Video Wildlife Collection drive home the message that action is desperately needed if our environment and its wildlife are to be saved from eventual destruction . |
| 10 | Although , many appear in good spirits at the moment , most know that when they get home the grim reality of unemployment and the bitterness felt at being one of the unfortunates will set in . |
| 11 | go home the same day |
| 12 | When the children leave home the problems of re-adjustment are considerable . |
| 13 | but he keeps going up to the gnomes and saying hello is that no he come home the other night and the , we , no the other day Sam he tipped all the bloody soil out of the earth and done something else , he said he 's a naughty boy and she 's said to Sam he wants a smacking he said I 'm not smacking him |
| 14 | The meaning of the word ‘ immediate ’ is likely to give rise to dispute in the courts , but it may be assumed that if , for example , a man threatens a woman that unless she has sexual intercourse with him , he will violently assault her in the presence of her children when they return home the following day , this will not be rape under the Committee 's proposals . |
| 15 | Avoid the detail that could divide , and hammer home the principles that unite . |