Example sentences of "[noun] around the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't remember them reading any books or even having any books around the house to read . |
| 2 | In another family , where both father and daughter were in the trade , there were plenty of books around the house , but the children were " not good scholars " whatever that meant . |
| 3 | There are numerous walks around the house , to the top of Pennard Hill , through local woods , and across the moor . |
| 4 | ‘ Hal , you had to do something , it was n't your fault , the people were ravenous. ’ consolidated Joy , ‘ Anyway , I did n't enjoy having lots of pets around the house . ’ |
| 5 | The wind blew snow around the house and over the gravestones . |
| 6 | " I 'm planning to have a herd of deer in the parkland around the house , and I 'd like some deer in the forest . " |
| 7 | To take an example , suppose two mothers regularly go for coffee in each other 's homes and take along their respective toddlers , and that one parent gets quite distressed at the children running riot around the house whilst the other is seemingly oblivious . |
| 8 | She was able to talk about herself in a more positive way , and this she attributed to having felt useful and capable when helping her sister-in-law around the house . |
| 9 | They fill several large cupboards around the house . |
| 10 | If you do get up later and find an old lady around the house , then — ’ |
| 11 | then he comes home , that 's what he likes to do potter around the house , well I do n't want to potter around the house when I 've been stuck in for twelve months . |
| 12 | Many of the tools used in plumbing are also used in other types of work around the house . |
| 13 | We 'd enjoy having a boy around the house again , eh , Wix ? ’ |
| 14 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 15 | Endill kept finding empty bottles around the house . |
| 16 | Why do cats suddenly make mad dashes around the house ? |
| 17 | Jack said you could hide a small army in the various wardrobes around the house . |
| 18 | Musical ‘ jam sessions ’ ( commonly known as making a row ) , singing nursery rhymes , silly dancing around the house is included as my favourite therapy . |
| 19 | Well I suppose probably people li like nursemaids and er and er what they used to call in those days mothers ' helps , who used to sort of be a general skivvy around the house and would look after the children , and , and , and they were the same , they had to be in I think at , at sort of ten o'clock at night . |
| 20 | Without revealing the reason why they are rowing , but could it be that her actor husband is a Glen-man and she is ‘ rubbing it in ’ by wearing the tee-shirt around the house to celebrate Linfield winning the Irish League Championship this season ! |
| 21 | Many of them wear slippers around the house , and if they tend to shuffle a little as their joints stiffen , rugs become dangerous obstacles to their safe movement from room to room . |
| 22 | She came full circle around the house , and opened a door to find herself looking up again at the dangling corpse statue . |
| 23 | Within a few days she seemed very accepting of the situation , almost enjoying not having her husband around the house . |
| 24 | Some owners are distressed to discover that , after months or years of ‘ clean ’ behaviour , their pet cats start to leave messes around the house . |
| 25 | The added advantage for parents is that they can listen to audio tapes in the car on their way to work or as a background while they are busy doing other things around the house . |
| 26 | I remember listening to all the music that was around at that time and understanding it with a naivety which I wish I still had sometimes , putting a band together when I was nine or ten and playing the talent show at grade school , writing songs and still having the godawful things around the house . |
| 27 | She tries to get me to do things around the house , like changing light bulbs and things like that . |
| 28 | ‘ There are lights around the house , floodlights by the pool at the back . |
| 29 | At least one day a week I like ( who said ‘ Liar ’ ) to devote to my chores around the house and garden . |
| 30 | The two main jobs are replacing the rising main and installing a new cold water cistern together with new pipes leading to the various fittings around the house . |