Example sentences of "house that was " in BNC.
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| 1 | just over pair of houses that was built . |
| 2 | This east wing is all that remains of a house that was once in the shape of an ‘ E ’ without the middle . |
| 3 | I decided that we should come here first — to the house that was my parents ’ summer retreat , near that of my aunt , uncle and cousin . |
| 4 | Having congratulated Cabinet members on their return , Major yesterday baffled the gathering by noting that the new Attorney General , Sir Nicholas Lyell , lived in a house that was once occupied by the former Kent cricketer Alfred Mynn . |
| 5 | The price was about the only thing about the house that was right , but we 'd both fallen in love with it right away . |
| 6 | But he did come upon the little house that was waiting for him , in a clearing in the depths , and was cheered by the lines of yellow light he could see between and under the shutters . |
| 7 | This was a furnished house that was let periodically to travellers or First Mates or Captains or anyone who preferred a stay in a house rather than an inn or hotel . |
| 8 | A recently discovered ‘ memoir ’ of an old bedridden resident has , for December 1860 , the following : ‘ In an old house that was next to Mr Wagoner 's shop near the Red Lion there lived a man by the name of C … , who had been a gentleman 's servant , but had lost his character and situation and was very lazy . |
| 9 | From my point of view , though , it was n't the house that was the problem but the people . |
| 10 | Anyway , surely two professional people , both chartered accountants and married to each other , should be able to live in a house that was once worth £425,000 . |
| 11 | She did it for her father and liked to do so in the one part of the house that was totally his . |
| 12 | He was a good listener ; he was about the only one in the house that was these days . |
| 13 | Past a house that was larger , set back from the road , beyond a lawn on which the rain made ponds , and he saw the flash of an old woman 's face at a window and then the falling of a lace curtain . |
| 14 | The dreary curtailment of our childhood was , we discovered after my mother 's death , the result of the most fantastic saving — for a house , a dream house that was never bought . |
| 15 | But while it was an impressive building , with all chimneys and fancy brickwork befitting the residence of a man making his way in the world , there was something about Hill House that was not very welcoming . |
| 16 | If copulation had indeed been the cause of Preston 's subsequent arrival on this earth , and she was far from admitting the connection , it had more than likely occurred in the seaside boarding house that was their eventual destination . |
| 17 | After the yard was the house that was built for , and due , so much more life than I 'd ever been able to give it . |
| 18 | If you were on a house that was causing problems , you got what was called babysitters , which meant two screws on the house all night . |
| 19 | the house that was her lair coming awake |
| 20 | When I say a company house I mean a house that was owned by the colliery , newly built with a bathroom . |
| 21 | This was obviously the side of the house that was meant to be considered as the frontage , with its six-foot windows 65 and its first-floor parapet and views over formal gardens . |
| 22 | She breezed on by , presumably expecting him to follow ; she was heading for a side-entrance to the house that was reached through an overgrown kitchen garden . |
| 23 | Once they 'd moved in , it took them three years just to make the necessary structural changes , but with a neglected 350-year-old house that was to be expected . |
| 24 | And set in the centre of the hollow was a house that was a picturesque jumble of gables and tall chimneys , uneven roofs and latticed windows . |
| 25 | Shortly after this they pulled into a small car park beside an old restored colonial house that was overhung by leafy trees and lit inside and out with softly golden lamps against the gathering dusk . |
| 26 | Midge 's refusal to accept the death of her son created an atmosphere in the house that was more disturbing than overt grief . |
| 27 | Could you tell me a little bit about when you first moved to Harlow , because it interests me very much the fact , I did n't , I was n't aware that you lived in a , house that was |
| 28 | And it was telling you you know say they were , for argument 's sake they was buying this house that was sort of up north and that . |
| 29 | In the house that was n't there . |
| 30 | Right , now £ This is , yes , this is a fairly big house that was put together 31 and 32 . |