Example sentences of "house was built [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This splendid though rather whimsical riverside house was built as a granary , conveniently positioned at the very head of the navigable part of the River Cam along which barges laden with corn could travel from King 's Lynn and the fenland farming areas . |
| 2 | THE house was built on a rectangle that surrounded an inner courtyard and Maggie 's steps dragged a little as they walked into this . |
| 3 | The house was built in a square , with a broad staircase sweeping up into the darkness . |
| 4 | The house was built by a local architect called Cecil , an old man with a raspy white beard , who 'd lost half an arm to a wayward chainsaw . |
| 5 | His father 's Kinsai house was built upon a natural plateau which rose above the curtain wall of the city . |