Example sentences of "[vb past] home to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evenings she came home to a stack of manila envelopes with folded papers lettered in scarlet and black . |
| 2 | But he came home to a recession . |
| 3 | After the Tower Report was published in February 1987 , and the PROF notes revealed that had passed by computer between the characters , the basement became home to a band of five-o'clock-shadowed Boy Scouts delighting in their own secrecy . |
| 4 | In 1902 , Joiner sold the mill to the Somerset-based Dulcote Leatherboard Co , of which he was already a partner , and the mill became home to a number of special processes , mainly for the manufacture of shoe stiffeners . |
| 5 | AN ADVENTURER who pedalled a boat 4,700 miles from Hawaii to Japan arrived home to a hero 's welcome yesterday after 110 days at sea . |
| 6 | It was a brave decision : MacArthur was extremely popular ( a Gallop Poll reported 69% in his favour ) , and returned home to a hero 's welcome . |
| 7 | Then , drinking champagne with journalists , he flew home to a Teheran in which his supporters had tried to re-erect the toppled statues of his father . |
| 8 | It was an event , akin to the sinking of the Titanic , that rocked society at a moment of supreme self-congratulation and brought home to a people intoxicated with science and progress the existence of an admonitory Deity . |
| 9 | Star were up 36–34 at halftime , but a storming performance by Annadale saw them squeezed home to a deserved victory . |
| 10 | SDLP party chairman Mark Durkan romped home to a first-time victory along with another newcomer , Martin Bradley , son of former SDLP mayor Mary Bradley . |
| 11 | Four days after ‘ The Gunners ’ narrowly beat Sheffield Wednesday on Highbury 's main pitch , Islington romped home to a 2-O defeat of Cardiff 's Thornhill team on the astroturf at Highbury 's indoor pitch . |