Example sentences of "home or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number had come from scientific backgrounds , fathers ( usually ) were nuclear physicists , engineers , doctors or maths lecturers , and often provided an impetus to study science through discussion of it at home or through help with homework . |
| 2 | Were you on duty at home or off duty at home ? |
| 3 | Many such families are living in abject poverty at home or as refugees abroad , cut off from family and friends . |
| 4 | The Workbook , with its accompanying Student 's Cassette , can be used either for self-study at home or as extra material for the classroom . |
| 5 | If you have a skill you can use at home or as an itinerant worker , from gardening or hairdressing to cooking or sewing , a modest outlay on local advertising could bring you in enough to live on . |
| 6 | ‘ People either buy a house as a home or as an investment , as was the case in the South-East . |
| 7 | This can make all the difference to someone who feels unsafe alone at home or to partners or friends . |
| 8 | We sailed down the reaches of the Thames and , standing in the bows , I saw the river through the eyes of Marlow in Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , as a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth crowded with memories of men and ships it had borne to the rest of home or to the battles of the sea " . |
| 9 | It can cause severe problems at home or at work for you , your family and others . |
| 10 | She used the buses and wherever she found herself on the last bus at night , whether at her own home or at her son 's , she would stay for the night only to set off again early the following morning . |
| 11 | In fact , it is extremely hard to determine just exactly where you are experiencing the most hostility and hassle — at home or at work ? |
| 12 | Environment : not only pollution , but dislike of one 's surroundings at home or at work etc . |
| 13 | All you have to do while sitting at home or at work , or on a train or bus , is to tense up the arm and leg muscles , then let them go , saying to yourself ‘ I am relaxed ’ . |
| 14 | Every day people are engaged in many activities with the specific purpose of maintaining a safe environment , whether at home or at work or at play or travelling . |
| 15 | You can do it at home or at work just when you feel you need it . |
| 16 | It can cause severe problems at home or at work for you , your family and others . |
| 17 | On the 4th , 10th and 14th , the atmosphere at home or at work could be rather tense , so hold tight and simply wait until the Sun , your ruler , is at perfect angles with Mars on the 19th , when you can anticipate a happy ending to one melodrama . |
| 18 | Thus radio spoke to a large proportion of the population , both urban and rural , either in a language spoken at home or at least in one closely related to it . |
| 19 | It seems clear to me that no such thing was happening to me , either at home or at school , the former structure being too self-absorbed to take me into account and the latter too rigid . |
| 20 | My anorak served as armour in more than the literal sense : it protected me , as anorexia protected me , from the confusing impingements of reality as defined by others at home or at school , and who could not even agree among themselves , on my behalf . |
| 21 | It can enable the reluctant and shy to enter into discussion with greater enthusiasm at home or at work . |
| 22 | Caring for a partner , family member or friend at home or at work can be emotionally and physically exhausting . |
| 23 | ‘ I am here to plead my case with my father 's creditors and to sell the family jewels , I suppose it is selfish of me to be concerned with such trifles when you have such pressing concerns like where you shall live , in the London home or at Summer Lodge . ’ |
| 24 | SunLink ISDN is for users working at home or at remote sites accessing corporate computing resources over ISDN phone networks and transmitting images and graphics at high speeds . |
| 25 | The best time to do this diet is when you have two months uncomplicated by going on holiday , moving house , changing your job , doing large amounts of business travel , or entertaining at home or at work . |
| 26 | I wake up and for a moment I think I 'm at home or at Caroline 's . |
| 27 | You may have this check-up done in your own home or at the practice premises . |
| 28 | Instead of working from home or at the DEA office , Coleman was given a desk at the Eurame Trading Company Ltd. , a DEA/CIA ‘ front ’ newly set up by the Cypriot Police Narcotics Squad in a luxury three-bedroomed penthouse apartment down the street from the US Embassy . |
| 29 | For ahead of them lies several more hours of hard study and concentration , either at home or at night school . |
| 30 | ‘ Teleworking is the use of modern computer technology to allow people to work at home or at a local telecentre . |