Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | Among many old documents purchased recently from a well-known auction house was a property transfer that you might very well like to see . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | The sight which greeted him now in the tiger house was a pitiful one . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In one corner next to a store house was a rusting metal cage which housed a pet crow with broken wings and tatty feathers . |
| 9 | The Palm House was the first building to be erected in this country with a rolled ‘ I ’ section . |
| 10 | If the lodging house was the bottom line of men 's poverty then , what is women 's today ? |
| 11 | Wonford House was a smaller , more modern , hospital . |
| 12 | The tenth floor of the Opera House was a dangerous place . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You may have thought the film Animal House was a joke , but in the US college fraternities are a serious business . |
| 18 | Her apartment house was an imposing Napoleonic block which presented solid , unwelcoming doors to the street . |
| 19 | Park House was a home of atmosphere and great character . |
| 20 | David was a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force , and Janet was a fashion designer , so running a guest house was a radical change for them both — but as it turned out , a happy and successful one . |
| 21 | Breakfast on Wednesday at the Kirkapol Guest House was a communal affair . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , throughout the day , The Market House was a hive of activity , with the selling of corn and other farming commodities . |