Example sentences of "to the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 2 | Lorenzo with his Jessica await the return of Portia , remaining out in the still night rather than returning to the house . |
| 3 | The first one was to the house in Colchester to ask if they 'd mind if I delayed my arrival by one more day . |
| 4 | Here , these have been laid in a bold panel close to the house and have also been used in strips and courses so that they tie the raised pool into the overall design of the terrace . |
| 5 | We retreated to the house , with confessions of lost-bottle and do-better vows for the morrow . |
| 6 | Margot is always splendid on these occasions ; she took me back to the house and covered me with ice and raw beef : but in spite of all I am a most revolting sight today and shall be for a week or more — lame in one leg , blind in one eye , and with a nose like Cyrano … |
| 7 | After denying knowledge of the leak to the House , apparently to protect the Prime Minister , Leon Brittan , the Secretary for Trade , also resigned on 24 January . |
| 8 | The final contents of the budget are only revealed to the Cabinet the day before the Chancellor presents it to the House of Commons , when it is too late for any major changes . |
| 9 | Jim had stomped downstairs wiping the blood off his face with a handkerchief and later it had been Jo and Lisa who had packed his bags and told him never to come back to the house . |
| 10 | McQuaid came every year to the house on Monaghan Day . |
| 11 | You would n't get McQuaid to the house without whiskey . ’ |
| 12 | On the last Monaghan Day that McQuaid came to the house Moran was on edge as he waited for him as he had been on edge every Monaghan Day , the only day in the year that McQuaid came to Great Meadow . |
| 13 | It saves wondering the next day whether Jimmy Lynch will bring anything to the house or not . ’ |
| 14 | One evening as they were forced to shelter from a sudden shower under the thick line of sycamores , she said , ‘ You should call to the house some evening , Michael . |
| 15 | ‘ Where 's Tom ? ’ she noticed her brothers absence as soon as she got back to the house . |
| 16 | By coming to the house on Sunday Moran had made that stretch of road like all roads . |
| 17 | ‘ Then you can come to the house any time you want to afterwards . ’ |
| 18 | Rose , with the same tact as she had brought them to the house , was careful to absent herself from these occasions as much as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll have hot water for them as soon as we get to the house . ’ |
| 20 | When he came back to the house he refused to take a chair or a drink . |
| 21 | Her last night belonged to the house . |
| 22 | By the time he got to the house he knew each phrase by heart . |
| 23 | Rose 's coming to the house had smoothed their lives and allowed them to concentrate everything on school and study , which , above all , they saw as a way out of the house and into a life of their own . |
| 24 | Even Sheila grew a little afraid as they drew close to the house . |
| 25 | In London or Dublin the girls would look back to the house for healing . |
| 26 | He 's got a friend — this black man who comes to the house sometimes . |
| 27 | ‘ Are you coming to the house meeting ? |
| 28 | I 've had enough of the lights , so we turn round and head back to the house . |
| 29 | It ai n't far back to the house , but it takes ages cos we got to walk slow . |
| 30 | When we get back to the house , Marie gives me the key to the door and I unlock it and let her go in first . |