Example sentences of "[prep] the house or the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The siege of Burghley House is well documented by a member of Cromwell 's army , but there is no mention of any threatened destruction of the house or the town — which was apparently taken with little resistance — nor of the intercession of Lady Wingfield . |
| 2 | And also bought out the insurance company fire brigades where , when you go round a lot of the older buildings in our towns and cities today and even villages , you will find an insurance plaque or an insurance mark on the side of the house or the building concerned . |
| 3 | So he would maybe get word from the head of the house or the nearest rel call on them . |
| 4 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 5 | Mr Porter had said if loyalists did so they would get no support from the House or the country . |
| 6 | If they do , or even think of so doing , they will get no support from the House or the country , and no sympathy , direct or indirect . |
| 7 | I mean , I do n't think Alfred had been in the house or the bookshop except for mother 's Wednesday teas since we moved from Trebyan nearly thirty years ago . ’ |