Example sentences of "house [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drove along the empty country roads , then passed through a couple of small , sleepy villages , the soft golden stone of the houses reflecting the warm sunlight . |
| 2 | Most houses lack individuality |
| 3 | These brick buildings are on three storeys , the first two being unexceptional Victorian terraced houses arranged round a courtyard , but the floor above them has the characteristic long windows of textile workshops . |
| 4 | A good proportion of our work concerned our availability to act as an unacknowledged arm of the social welfare service to drug users in crisis situations , providing a front-line service for the ‘ speed freaks who 's OD 'd on the results of a bent script ’ , or the ‘ acid heads having a bad trip ’ , for we were in the streets , the pubs , the clubs , the crash pads , and communal houses frequented by the new ‘ alternative society ’ . |
| 5 | In villages , educational workers would drag women out of their houses to attend mass literacy classes , in others the cadres of the party kidnapped the wife of the mullah on the grounds that , wherever she went , other women would follow . |
| 6 | The Georgian mill owner 's house has been restored and houses displays exploring the history of the mill . |
| 7 | The focal point is the Rathaus ( town hall ) , with a fine sixteenth-century tower that dominates the many charming houses in the vicinity , and one of its most striking houses offers a reminder that the Swiss have been at the business of looking after travellers for a long time . |
| 8 | Because of its importance , most of the great houses launch their latest creations at the Biennale . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure they 'll always keep the houses filled with flowers . |
| 10 | They all remembered the days when Lochranza was daily served by pleasure steamers and all the houses filled with ‘ the gentry ’ , the locals decamping to huts and sheds in back gardens . |
| 11 | At home I grew up in old Victorian houses filled with antique furniture . |
| 12 | 70% of vacant council houses given to those not on the waiting list |
| 13 | Many software houses sell consultancy , and disappointing product sales from 1988 – 91 have driven the major hardware suppliers into the services market . |
| 14 | Most of the houses sell for around 60,000 pounds … and keen pricing seems to be the key to attracting first time buyers : |
| 15 | Even before the securities houses announced their decision , the advantages of issuing new equity had slumped along with the Nikkei . |
| 16 | As competition for tied houses became hotter from 1905 , with licensing magistrates actively closing down pubs and beerhouses , Hoare 's began grabbing up other brewery firms where they could . |
| 17 | Numerous houses became schools , many more became hospitals and quite a number were acquired as reform schools . |
| 18 | Fashion moved out , and the big houses became rooming joints . |
| 19 | In effect , the policy proposed that D category villages should be allowed to wither away ; as houses became uninhabitable they would not be replaced . |
| 20 | During the twentieth century more houses became tied with the decline of the landlord — tenant system in farming and its replacement by owner-occupation , and since the Second World War the chronic shortage of housing in rural areas has increased the importance of tied cottages still further . |
| 21 | German and Swiss lead managers were dominant between 1975 – 79 , but US houses became increasingly important during the 1980s , and by 1984 – 85 three US houses and the US/Swiss CSFB were included in the first five . |
| 22 | The leaflets are being distributed to hotels and guest houses registered with the Northumbria Tourism Board and to travel trade representatives and coach operators throughout Britain . |
| 23 | This explains Gandhi 's consternation on hearing that the people of a village near Bettiah had run away while the police raided their houses looting property and assaulting women . |
| 24 | The building materials used on the three houses referred to in ( b ) above had cost £18,000 and had all been paid for by December 1990 . |
| 25 | Here we look at four of the top London curry houses favoured by MPs and other ‘ pilaus of society ’ . |
| 26 | Commander Michael Saunders Watson , who opens Rockingham Castle to the public , said the survival of historic houses depended on ‘ not dying ’ and daughters-in-law . |
| 27 | And if this is true , the sooner the mainstream cosmetic houses make changes to the way they sell make-up , the better off we 'll all be . |
| 28 | Although its great hall and courtyard buildings have crumbled , its linked tower houses make an impressive sight from the A85 towards Crieff , and the interior still contains fine tempera painted ceilings , plasterwork and moulded fireplaces . |
| 29 | Environmental determinists are also numerous among the social commentators of the period : ‘ Wretched houses make wretched homes ; and while immoral or slatternly habits convert fine dwellings into styes , it is almost as true that dirty and unhealthy habitations transfer a taint to the character and habits of the persons who occupy them . ’ |
| 30 | Like banks , the discount houses make their profit by a process of maturity transformation : by borrowing short and lending long — or to be more precise , by borrowing very short indeed and lending slightly less short . |