Example sentences of "[pron] home to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do n't know exactly where but it must have been close , as he dragged himself home to his favourite spot on the lawn where his life ebbed out of him in the quiet of the night . |
| 2 | Ask them home to tea . |
| 3 | Early that evening when John and Laura boarded the train to take them home to Glasgow , Maggie was with them . |
| 4 | Originally we were planning to reward the first ten correct answers drawn out of the bag with a wonderful Sigma-Ray joystick , but unfortunately Markie ( feeble minded fool that he is ) mistook them for his laundry and took them home to be washed by his Mum . |
| 5 | Once I brought them home to our flat , they soon lost their bounce and the doctor became a regular visitor . |
| 6 | On a bitterly cold November day , Richard collected Joan and the small , pale , vulnerable bundle and brought them home to the boat . |
| 7 | When the hunt — which is conducted by setting grass fires and spearing the pigs as they flee — separates a sow from her litter , the hunters put the piglets in a bog and take them home to the women , who proceed to raise them as though they were children . |
| 8 | A peasant catches two partridges , takes them home to his wife to cook and sets off to invite the village priest to join them . |
| 9 | Yes , yeah when we used to bring them home to be slaughtered on the Monday , you see . |
| 10 | Bring them home and tell them that you 're taking them home to air . |
| 11 | We have covered more than 12,000 miles together , during which it has won prizes , howled around Switzerland and Italy , been thrashed at Millbrook , and on race tracks and carried me home to Notting Hill through traffic and rain . |
| 12 | ‘ To begin with the police would n't touch me , they just took me home to my parents . |
| 13 | " Take me home , please — one day — take me home to Ireland ! " |
| 14 | My wife 's friends in the KGB would be happy to escort me home to Russia . ’ |
| 15 | Afterwards ( another former Lancaster student ) invited me home to tea , and in the evening , and I were entertained at home by |
| 16 | Evening : invited me home to a buffet meal with a group of friends and colleagues , including , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Correspondence Course , CIEFL ) , ( Materials Production , CIEFL ) . |
| 17 | He would not care to take you home to his house to tea , he hates his father so , but I suggested both going to our place , you will do this wo n't you ? |
| 18 | ‘ My ma has suggested I ask you home to tea . |
| 19 | ‘ If you come up one by one , without weapons , I 'll take you home to a fair trial in England . |
| 20 | Finally , to send you home to feeling totally relaxed , Shiseido will demonstrate the art of Shiatsu massage . |
| 21 | So I quickly dressed as a young man and followed you home to Baker Street . |
| 22 | ‘ He had the look of somebody about to invite you home to cold chicken and salad with a mug of real warm English beer , ’ she continued as they walked the long black-and-white-tiled corridor . |
| 23 | She said gently , ‘ Oh , yes , I 'm sending you home to Casa Madrid . ’ |
| 24 | She hoped very much to meet someone this morning , Dorothea perhaps , or Alida Thorne , or Mrs Bottingley , wife of the Rector , for they might invite her home to coffee and she could confide in them . |
| 25 | In November 1985 , she took her home to Mr Reich , an American electrician in Texas . |
| 26 | She told them everything , right up to the fact that two of the notorious Felton brothers had actually brought her home to this very street , only to find there was no home to go to . |
| 27 | TV REPORTER Michael Nicholson told last night how he smuggled a nine-year-old girl out of war-torn Yugoslavia and took her home to his family . |
| 28 | I read a nice one once , all about a poor girl who was found in the snow with a lost memory by a young and 'andsome squire that took her home to 'is castle and — ’ |
| 29 | Then the king 's son took her home to his father 's palace , and they were married , and lived happily for many years . |
| 30 | Of course that does n't mean that she does n't leave her home to work , it just means that the home is where she visualizes herself , wherever she is … |