Example sentences of "be home in " in BNC.

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1 Unlike other single women , Elaine can not stay out late at night : she has to be home in time to be put to bed by a nurse .
2 I 'd thank them and I 'd be home in five minutes and I could sit in Peter 's room looking at his stuff and chatting with him .
3 I ought to be home in three days and I 've made a deal with Henry .
4 The management became worried that if the calls for encores were to continue the opera , with its three ballets , lasting six hours , would be so long that the nobility would not be home in time for supper .
5 ‘ We shall just about be home in time for lunch , ’ said Angela .
6 For eleven more days Coleridge remained at Shrewsbury , elated by his sudden freedom from ‘ all pecuniary anxieties ’ , and longing to be home in Somerset .
7 On the Eagle I 'd be home in a couple of hours .
8 Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 .
9 ‘ I hope to be home in two weeks or so . ’
10 My mother told me that Dad was on one of his frequent business trips to America and would be home in a couple of days .
11 Well , he would be home in an hour ; the dinner party would be in full swing and if his luck had held he would n't even have been missed .
12 As I understand it , he said that Master Patrick had asked him to advise Miss Senga that he was sage and would be home in a year or two . "
13 Take a bird from its burrow in the breeding season and transport it to Boston , USA ; release it — and it could be home in twelve days , given clear skies .
14 He should be home in less than thirty minutes .
15 She would not expect Rachaela to be home in any case and always had her lunch and tea with Emma .
16 ‘ I anticipate that my husband will be home in about an hour . ’
17 A delighted Jatinder said : ‘ Gurinder will be home in time for my dad 's birthday and well in time for the birth of our baby . ’
18 ‘ Alain will be home in the morning , ’ Marguerite observed as she came to bid Jenna goodnight after her second day in bed .
19 It was a Wednesday morning and she walked on the beach before dawn , early so she could dawdle all the way to the fish lines and be home in time to make breakfast and get her gran up and doing .
20 He informed them that Stella had not only had her appendix , but also her gall bladder removed , and that he would be home in time to attend to the next horse trek arranged for Saturday .
21 ‘ I 'll be home in a few days , ’ she told them happily .
22 There are two main aspects to be home in mind .
23 He would be home in ten minutes .
24 ‘ I love to sing , and I love to perform , but it 's a double-edged sword — I also like to be home in Nashville with my family .
25 You should be home in your bed with your wife . ’
26 I 'll be home in a bit .
27 He 'll be home in a few minutes .
28 She should be home in about half an hour
29 You want to be home in time to watch that and
30 Mummy be home in about twenty minutes .
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