Example sentences of "around the house [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will look at your own child , whose current display of skills is limited to marching around the house with a pair of knickers on his head claiming to be Postman Pat , and you will get restless . |
| 2 | The pampered town cat , by contrast , is often seen to be prowling around the house like a caged tiger . |
| 3 | Benjamin , who had been walking for a month , found himself less welcome in his mother 's room and followed Ruth around the house like a pet lamb . |
| 4 | We should n't leave them lying around the house like a tube of vitamin C. If the words come too easily to hand , we 'll use them without thought ; we wo n't be able to resist . |
| 5 | I did what my master asked , trailing around the house like a ghost though no one really wished to speak to me . |
| 6 | Leonora leaned back thankfully against the piled pillows , listening to the wind , which howled around the house like a hundred banshees demanding entry . |