Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | They fill several large cupboards around the house . |
| 6 | Endill kept finding empty bottles around the house . |
| 7 | Why do cats suddenly make mad dashes around the house ? |
| 8 | Jack said you could hide a small army in the various wardrobes around the house . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Some owners are distressed to discover that , after months or years of ‘ clean ’ behaviour , their pet cats start to leave messes around the house . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She tries to get me to do things around the house , like changing light bulbs and things like that . |
| 14 | ‘ There are lights around the house , floodlights by the pool at the back . |
| 15 | At least one day a week I like ( who said ‘ Liar ’ ) to devote to my chores around the house and garden . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Fitting gatevalves means that new pipes to fittings around the house can be installed after the cold water cistern is in place and connected up . |
| 18 | I had the good fortune to have two older sisters around the house , who basically had to do all the nasty dirty work . |
| 19 | It is no good pretending that you are ever going to do fine woodwork with this All Purpose saw , but for rough cutting and shaping it has many uses around the house . |
| 20 | The trees around the house do not grow straight , but are bent by the north wind , which blows over the moors every day of the year . |
| 21 | From about twelve , I would say , there would be girls around the house and crying and Cis would say , ‘ I 've had Phyllis here and you promised to meet her . ’ |
| 22 | This can be a major problem for the sponsors of the Motion if there are not many Members around the House on the day on which it is decided to ‘ put the Motion down ’ or , in other words , to go public with it . |
| 23 | You may have to tell guests in advance , ‘ We 're cutting the cake and having the speeches in the dining room at half past , ’ then send the chief bridesmaid into the gardens if it is a fine day , and the other bridesmaids around the house , to inform stragglers that the speeches are about to be made . |
| 24 | We quickly made the acquaintance of everyone in our lane which was part of a very scattered village , and after the children started school there were always some of their friends around the house . |
| 25 | The Stotherts work on the theory that modest things can look good in the right surroundings , and there are plenty of examples around the house . |
| 26 | ( One has only to stop making repairs around the house to see that ! ) |
| 27 | 2.21 Further sums should be added for any services that the deceased provided for the benefit of his dependants ( eg gardening to produce vegetables for the family , decorating and any simple repairs around the house ) . |
| 28 | Most people like flowers around the house . ’ |
| 29 | They wear kimonos around the house ; their walls are decorated with fans , and some even learn the language — not just so as to be able to communicate with Koi farmers when they travel to Japan to buy fish , but to embrace the whole culture . |
| 30 | You can move the receiver from room to room , or even into the garden ( as long as it is within a 50m radius of the transmitter ) , or fit one or more receivers around the house . |