Example sentences of "[noun] come home " in BNC.
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| 1 | If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home : |
| 2 | ‘ One day a letter came from him asking permission to come home . |
| 3 | Martin Brundle drove a superbly measured race in his Ligier Renault to come home fifth for his third points-scoring finish in four races . |
| 4 | But there remained the problem which had been gnawing at his mind for months as he waited for his enemy to come home : how was he to get into the castle itself ? |
| 5 | My comparative lack of basic talent came home to me on the practice ground before the first round of the Amateur . |
| 6 | ( 6 ) what was interesting was that little Richard came home from his Toronto school with his Newfie jokes the content of which the substantive content was identical to Irish jokes which my son comes home with from Edinburgh schools |
| 7 | Then last year Charlie made it two when the Arthur Moore trained Ninepins came home at 14–1 in the Oddbins Handicap Hurdle after a terrific ride from Swan . |
| 8 | One April evening Marilla came home late after visiting friends . |
| 9 | I was a proper Mom at last , there when the kids came home from school with time to listen to them . |
| 10 | I remember Jean coming home really starry-eyed about you . |
| 11 | Other successes for Central South teams ; Martin Brundle coming home in 4th for Benetton , Mauricio Gugelmin in 7th ; that 's Jordan 's best result of the year . |
| 12 | Ray Packwood 's pet bull mastiff Bess is used to strange animals coming home with her master so Caspar the Kinkajou was made to feel very welcome . |
| 13 | Apparently they use to keep a little thing alive and they took it on the boat coming home |
| 14 | Two Halifax bombers , wheels already down ; two black nightbirds coming home to roost . |
| 15 | You know you 're in the right place when the attitude of the locals subtly changes ; as you drive past country kids coming home from school in crisply-pressed uniforms , they shout ‘ white man ’ ! and grin at you . |
| 16 | In this chapter we have , through our time travelling , been outside of our own world for some time now , so perhaps we are now looking at modernity with the eyes of a stranger coming home . |
| 17 | The cakes and the presents were put on the table , then the children hid in the other room when they heard Perks coming home from work . |
| 18 | ‘ I wish we could stay , Aunt , ’ Naylor replied charmingly , and took her mind away from him by asking , ‘ Did Travis come home last night ? ’ |
| 19 | I mean I could get this whole place so tidy and the kids come home from school and it 's like a bomb 's exploded and nothing 's appreciated about it , whereas if you 're decorating or teaching children there 's something always gained out of it … as far as actual housework goes , I do n't see how anyone can like it . |
| 20 | The house is all straight and you 're tired and then the kids come home from school and upset the house again , so you remake it again for the next day . |
| 21 | It 's like dad hiring a car come home here and put the keys on the mantel piece |
| 22 | The steps come home |
| 23 | The dissidents come home |
| 24 | I was lying in bed , happy , and then Marie comes home and she 's all bashed up , then she says I hate her . |
| 25 | Got in the door , punter comes home , I ca n't fit my sylph-like frame through the window and I panic . |
| 26 | Automation comes home in Japan |
| 27 | ‘ If Molly comes home to this mess at Christmas , then I 'm sorry for her , ’ asserted Mrs Tilling . |
| 28 | Herr and Frau Nordern came home contented after a pleasant evening . |
| 29 | Haverford came home in a state of nervous excitement . |
| 30 | They pushed for the statement to be brought forward to clear the air before their sons came home for the Christmas holidays at the weekend , palace sources claimed . |