Example sentences of "went from [noun sg] [prep] house " in BNC.

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1 He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons .
2 He went from house to house in certain areas of the East End of London , painstakingly recording the number of residents , the number of rooms they occupied , their living conditions , their income , diet , clothing , and so on .
3 We went from house to house , passing White Memorial Hospital , whose waiting room had been shot up when one gang went to kill the wounded members of another .
4 They went from house to house checking all night long .
5 William Livingston ( 1818–1870 ) who apprenticed to a tailor and went from house to house in the course of his work , must have known the people well and written about their hard life .
6 William Livingston ( 1818–1870 ) who apprenticed to a tailor and went from house to house in the course of his work , must have known the people well and written about their hard life .
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