Example sentences of "[vb pp] around the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | but , as Kate points out , the decorations she has used to trim her table and all those used around the house are not expensive and are simple to make . |
| 2 | Until now we have been concerned with how water gets into and is distributed around the house , sometimes being heated on the way . |
| 3 | After eating a small square of chocolate he became very aggressive and rushed around the house frantically banging doors and kicking furniture . |
| 4 | They were followed around the house as they washed and dressed , but the social workers were stopped by Mrs H from going upstairs to get the children up . |
| 5 | Collections of small objects should always be gathered together and arranged in a group rather than being thinly spread around the house . |
| 6 | When the security forces sought to empty the pastor 's house of its possessions , a human chain of several dozen formed around the house , setting in train a flood of protest that was to escalate into what appears to have been a massacre on Sunday . |
| 7 | After eleven o'clock some of them , having been refused drink , gathered around the ‘ Bullers ' Arms ’ , whereupon ‘ … the police were then called in , when several of the ring-leaders were taken into custody ; upon this a general cry of ‘ One and All ’ was given and a party of nearly 200 speedily gathered around the house , which they attacked , demolishing the doors and windows and succeeded in rescuing their companions ’ . |