Example sentences of "around the house [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the researcher arrived though , Harrison was as friendly as you like , showed her around the house that he built himself , even showed her the pictures he 'd painted , and best of all , agreed to be a guest on Aspel and Company . |
| 2 | If people are gon na sit around the house while they 're unemployed , they 're probably the same people who sit around the house when they 're on a Saturday and Sunday when they 're working you know . |
| 3 | She 's now able to walk around the house although outside she has to use a wheelchair . |
| 4 | Similarly , We would like to have a bit of grass around the house and a nice view . |
| 5 | I need crutches to get around the house and could not get to the concert , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Green did not go to church every Sunday — sometimes he walked around the house and idled , or went for a walk in the hills ; but he notes his attendance at church , in Ambleside , Grasmere or Keswick and the preacher he has heard . |
| 7 | Cut out each letter of the phrase and hide them in or around the house and in other places , as you would for a scavenger hunt . |
| 8 | A good girl helps her mother around the house and with the younger children , being especially good if she does so without being asked . |
| 9 | About 11 per cent were ‘ severely disabled ’ , most of them having difficulty or requiring help in getting up stairs and around the house and in having a bath . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | It is also usual to include information about aspects of mobility such as getting around the house and coping with steps and stairs . |
| 12 | Now let's imagine you are the noisy neighbour : you could turn the TV or radio volume down ; you could stop slamming doors ; and you could stop the children chasing around the house and shouting to each other : but that 's asking you to change your life-style completely , and it 's not really feasible . |
| 13 | The wind blew snow around the house and over the gravestones . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | At least one day a week I like ( who said ‘ Liar ’ ) to devote to my chores around the house and garden . |
| 16 | We did n't stop talking like but the talk s just sort of stemmed around the house and the kids and it did n't go any further than that . |
| 17 | Ross made no attempt to touch her , other than to gently place his hand occasionally on her elbow as they walked around the house and garden . |
| 18 | Later , as the day 's heat faded into balminess and sunset streaked the sky with glorious shades of pink and gold , Ashley searched all around the house and up and down the drive , but the delivery seemed to have vanished . |
| 19 | There are many other relics of the past evident around the house and gardens , including a quaint turret on the terrace : it contains a bell which was rung to call parties from the gardens and riverside at meal times . |
| 20 | ‘ We looked around the house and found the woman in a bedroom . |
| 21 | He 's always sending me flowers , leaving me notes around the house or crazy messages on the answering machine . |
| 22 | Many teenagers feel embarrassed when asked to sing , and few adults are heard singing around the house or whistling on street corners . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Did you have to help around the house when you were a child ? |
| 25 | If people are gon na sit around the house while they 're unemployed , they 're probably the same people who sit around the house when they 're on a Saturday and Sunday when they 're working you know . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |