Example sentences of "[v-ing] home the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six weeks later she reported back that she had been very well on holiday with no travel-sickness or stomach problems but since returning home the digestive symptoms had gradually increased in intensity . |
| 2 | After returning home the night before , he had lain awake for hours thinking yet again about the day five weeks before when he and Sam had found the Spanish cockboat . |
| 3 | Conservative Central Office has been inundated with jittery reports from regional Tory organisers , but is banking on driving home the message to a receptive audience that a vote for the Liberal Democrats would effectively open the door of Downing Street to Mr Kinnock . |
| 4 | The Rev. Thomas Tolming , incumbent of Church Coniston , not surprisingly was of the opinion that the Sunday School was excellent ; certain ladies of the parish superintended it with great care and attention , improving the moral conditions of their young charges , and no doubt at the same time driving home the virtue of obedience , and respect for God and their betters . |
| 5 | It was academic anyway , for just then another ominous rumble of collapsing masonry shook the foundations , peppering him with flakes of plaster from the ceiling and driving home the fact that he was trapped , with no means of escape . |
| 6 | She appears in a video aimed at driving home the dangers of mixing cars with alcohol . |
| 7 | A mistake by Anton Rogan , after 70 minutes , let in Lee , who played a one-two with David Whyte before slotting home the equaliser . |
| 8 | The memory of lightning flaring between the cracks in the boards and me pushing home the four-inch nails with numb fingers arrived simultaneous with the patter of descending footsteps … |
| 9 | Bringing home the exiles is a possible option ( James Whitaker , Bill Athey , Steven Rhodes ) but players of this class will not be lured back easily , for the reasons above . |
| 10 | It 's not a big deal in the scheme of things but you get an awful lot of hassle when all your mates are going to university , or start bringing home the bacon . |
| 11 | ‘ If a woman is n't working , her husband 's bringing home the pay cheque and it 's seen very much as ‘ his money ’ , compulsive spending can be a way of getting back at him if she 's angry , ’ explains Simon Gelsthorpe . |
| 12 | Mr Paul Wolfowitz , under-secretary for defence policy , warned against trying to cash in the potential defence savings too early , by bringing home the troops and scaling down the armed forces before the situation in Europe had stabilised to the point where a sensible long-term policy could be drafted . |
| 13 | Mrs Imelda Marcos , widow of the late President Ferdinand Marcos , hopes to resuscitate her ailing political campaign by bringing home the body of her late husband on April 12 . |
| 14 | No wonder , he 's just bringing home the British Open champion . ’ |
| 15 | It was those two who invariably forgot to comply with Judith 's requests , while John and I usually showed up with the items , literally bringing home the bacon . |
| 16 | All of this suggests that our owners and trainers need to provide much better — and probably longer — preparation if they are really intent on bringing home the richest prizes in their sport . |
| 17 | By bringing home the pick-ups he despises |
| 18 | Bringing home the bacon |
| 19 | Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman . |
| 20 | BRINGING HOME THE BACON … |
| 21 | There 's bringing home the bacon … and then there 's bringing back the ham . |
| 22 | They explain that they have always fended for themselves because of being at work , but when it comes to going home the difficulties begin . |
| 23 | And Linighan 's teammates , astonished by his courage in heading home the winner in the dying seconds of extra-time while suffering two serious injuries , reckoned it was a just reward for the defender who has battled so long to rid himself of the ‘ million pound misfit ’ tag . |
| 24 | So we did n't have to go all the way to Lime Street , Liverpool , Chapman , with his characteristic attention to such details , had arranged for the train to make a special stop at Edgehill Station , to give us a better chance of getting home the same night . |
| 25 | The communal working system was used for other activities on the crofts such as planting and harvesting the crops and getting home the peat . |
| 26 | If the tide was low the two of them watched the gleams on the foreshore , at half tide they heard the water chuckling , waiting to lift the boats , at flood tide they saw the river as a powerful god , bearded with the white foam of detergents , calling home the twenty-seven lost rivers of London , sighing as the night declined . |
| 27 | Once again , it is ramming home the importance of gradual , step-by-step change . |
| 28 | Viola would have to give up her career , of course — otherwise she would be coming home the same time as Gina , which would not do at all . |
| 29 | The test for this comes when someone , or some group , is offered a pay rise ( in real terms ) and the choice either of working the same number of hours and taking home the extra money or of maintaining their real income but reducing the hours worked . |
| 30 | Jon Scargill 's five-year-old has been in good spirits this year , finishing fourth to Night Clubbing on his reappearance at Newbury and then chasing home the well handicapped Azhar at Doncaster . |