Example sentences of "[pos pn] house was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They just assumed my house was the same as the rest around here — big and worth a lot of money . |
| 2 | Their house was the tallest on Thrush Green , and when we first meet the good doctor , in the book of that name , he is an elderly man contemplating retirement . |
| 3 | Her house was the best furnished and kept spic and span . |
| 4 | The drink had something to do with it , no doubt , but lack of a decent woman in his house was the real cause of the trouble . |
| 5 | A lay preacher , his house was the meeting-place of a gathered church by 1649 . |
| 6 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing , in that at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted rendering him unconscious and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It is a measure of the level of the people with which he was dealing in that , at a time when he thought he might be a witness in another case , he was assaulted , rendering him unconscious , and his house was the subject of an arson attack . ’ |