Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without turning round he said in a harsh voice : ‘ If you want to know about Inez , Mr Wycliffe , you must ask Sara , the two of them lived in the same house for nearly twelve years . |
| 2 | ‘ I lived in the same house as him once . |
| 3 | Then when I came near the broken house and stood in the moon shadow I could hear and see nothing . |
| 4 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 5 | I looked on the whole house as my special possession , thought Sara dismally . |
| 6 | ‘ I went to the old house where she lived and I saw the paintings . |
| 7 | I did n't realise , by the way , that Kathleen was a ‘ rebel ’ , but if so , — apart from Winnie perhaps — she came to the right house ( or House ) . |
| 8 | When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive . |
| 9 | ‘ What a disgusting thing to do , ’ she said aloud , as she walked through the silent house , picking up two items of Nick 's clothing from where he had flung them almost into the utility room . |
| 10 | She glanced towards the Temperate House , but the old lady had gone . |
| 11 | ‘ You broke into the wrong house ! ’ : that was what he was thinking now . |
| 12 | " You went to the wrong house , " said Alice , vaguely . |
| 13 | She went into the shadowy house , where a boy of about four was holding his arm . |
| 14 | We whipped over the northernmost house , across the beach , and thus out to sea again . |
| 15 | We arrived at the little house in the evening and already there were a few people there . |
| 16 | We returned to the safe house for dinner with most of our theories shattered . |
| 17 | Samuel was the more prolific pamphleteer , but according to Edwards , mother and son collaborated closely , ‘ the one inditing and the other writing ’ , and they lived in the same house at least until the end of 1652 . |
| 18 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |
| 19 | Prudential Assurance 's policy treats items such as the installation of a telephone and television aerials where they existed in the old house but not in the new and the reconnection of electrical/gas appliances as separate items . |
| 20 | They walked through the Haunted House . |
| 21 | He brought his wife and children over and they settled into the fine house which he called Riverstown . |
| 22 | They went inside the dark house . |
| 23 | Then he lived about half way and , and er , one or two more he lived at the top house on the right and somebody over the other side . |
| 24 | He lived in the same house near Henley on Thames from 1935 , and remained inspired by English country scenes , like St Matthews near Lechlade and classic buildings like the Oxford buildings ensuring that his links with this region remain strong . |
| 25 | He lived in the same house near Henley on Thames from 1935 , and remained inspired by English country scenes , like St Matthews near Lechlade and classic buildings like the Oxford buildings ensuring that his links with this region remain strong . |
| 26 | He shouted for an ostler , tied Nosey to a metal ring on the stableyard wall and gave the dog a bowl of water before , carrying his map and weapons , he limped into the silent house . |
| 27 | In 1948 he moved to the ancient house of Daneway , near Sapperton , where he ground his own flour , baked his own bread and made his own paper on which to print his poems on his own press . |
| 28 | It reverberated in the small house . |
| 29 | Just off Highway 83 north of Wellington , Texas , he came across the abandoned house of Mr and Mrs Sam Pritchard , who were unlucky enough to have been at home when the gangsters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker paid a call after their car had plunged off the road . |
| 30 | When he arrived at the right house he checked the number carefully against his piece of paper . |