Example sentences of "[noun] house was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The site of the original tea house was the culmination of a guest 's journey through the host 's garden , and by the time he reached this destination he would have undergone a slowing-down of life 's hectic pace , ritual purification at the water basin and a whole series of social interactions based on hospitality and formalised responses to what had been encountered on the way . |
| 2 | The new occupant of the only surviving manor house was a matter of extreme interest to the local population . |
| 3 | ‘ One of the first things I had to learn by heart when I went to Maythorpe House was a poem by an Englishman , Laurence Binyon . |
| 4 | Among many old documents purchased recently from a well-known auction house was a property transfer that you might very well like to see . |
| 5 | ‘ The day we saw the outstanding location of Crystal Springs House was the day I decided to develop my first hotel . |
| 6 | I advised Smith very strongly that the best course of action for him was to throw all his weight and support behind the Lancaster House agreement , whatever it turned out to be , which he showed great reluctance to do because in his view Lancaster House was a total capitulation to the black population . |
| 7 | ‘ Never , though he did say his local picture house was the Pavilion and I know his mother took her loaves to be baked at a place called Jimmy McFadden 's bakery , but they 're not in the phone book , either of them . |
| 8 | The sight which greeted him now in the tiger house was a pitiful one . |
| 9 | The reason for the increased confidence behind the mud-loving Carroll House was the overnight deluge that had softened the ground . |
| 10 | Carroll House was the second Italian-owned winner of the Arc in the two years it has been sponsored by the Italian hotel chain Ciga . |
| 11 | Mr McIntyre said the development at Hafton House was the turnaround in fortunes the community had been waiting for since the Holy Loch US Navy base was closed last March . |
| 12 | Hinde House was a fairly typical school in that there had been a recognition of the need to relate to the ‘ World of Work ’ , ‘ Employers ’ , ‘ Further and Higher Education ’ , ‘ Preparation for Adult Life ’ and many of the other banner headings which at different times were placed before us by non-school organisations . |
| 13 | Hinde House was no exception and the outgoing governing body wished to recommend co-opted governors who would have a commitment to and involvement with the school . |
| 14 | According to the book of ‘ daily happenings ’ , life at Barham House was a model of domestic harmony . |
| 15 | In one corner next to a store house was a rusting metal cage which housed a pet crow with broken wings and tatty feathers . |
| 16 | The staff house was a mile away , on the Neck . |
| 17 | The Palm House was the first building to be erected in this country with a rolled ‘ I ’ section . |
| 18 | If the lodging house was the bottom line of men 's poverty then , what is women 's today ? |
| 19 | To sit in relative peace and quiet in the Miller house was a very rare occurrence and Terry was enjoying it . |
| 20 | Wonford House was a smaller , more modern , hospital . |
| 21 | The tenth floor of the Opera House was a dangerous place . |
| 22 | ALTHOUGH the temporary loss of the Grand Opera House was a major disaster , unbelievably , good has come out of evil in the shape of a production of West Side Story by Opera Northern Ireland that must surely be a landmark in local theatrical history . |
| 23 | In a press statement , visiting Capital House Chief Executive Norman Riddell — who has since left to join Invesco Europe as Chief Executive — and the Manx subsidiary 's Managing Director Bob Straskiewicz said that Capital House was a truly world-wide operation . |
| 24 | No you have to get a bucket of water and flush it with a bucket , what we did have on the sink in the brew house was a a , a about a couple of foot square and on the top of that was an old pump handle , well that water used to drain all the rainwater from the roof all rainwater from the roof used to drain into that well that was sunk in the brewers , so that we could pump water out of the little well , so that we could have soft water for doing the washing , rainwater , otherwise it meant going to the standpipe in the , out in the yard to get your water for washing . |
| 25 | The next family to occupy Nelson House was the Linds , who were friends of my family . |
| 26 | On the other side of Moorlake House was an old mellow wall inset with a shabby white-painted door . |
| 27 | Because Granby House was a listed building , the contractor eventually became exempt from this tax , but as he could not reclaim any VAT he had already paid to suppliers , he had to pass most of it on to the developer . |
| 28 | Mystery House was a combination of an Agatha Christie novel and the boardgame Cluedo — you and seven others are exploring a long abandoned Victorian house to find the hidden treasure . |
| 29 | Dudley House was the workhouse . |
| 30 | You may have thought the film Animal House was a joke , but in the US college fraternities are a serious business . |