Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' house " in BNC.
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1 | There are two unique aspects to the collection of books in the Dolls ' House library . |
2 | Lutyens and his friends , among them Sir Lawrence Weaver , Director Designate of the United Kingdom exhibits at the exhibition , quickly realised that the building of the dolls ' house could easily be integrated into this project , and would be an invaluable advertisement to promote the names and products of the top British designers , craftsmen and artists of the time . |
3 | The outer shell of the Dolls ' House is in classical ‘ Wrenaissance ’ design with the main facade on the north side . |
4 | As in many large houses of today and yesterday , the names of Minton , Doulton and Wedgwood run through the Dolls ' House china cupboards . |
5 | Lutyens 's handling of space was a notable feature of his work , and the main hall of the Dolls ' House , rising through three floors with lobbies on either side to give access to the main apartments , is particularly successful in this respect . |
6 | All the firms invited to donate the custom-built models in the Dolls ' House took the opportunity to use the black and maroon colours of the royal livery on their bodywork . |
7 | The crowds of visitors to the Dolls ' House at Wembley are a proof that the public do appreciate your work . |
8 | My wife acted as housekeeper for the officers ' houses and Mrs Weaverhurst , the headmistress , took charge of St Michael 's . |
9 | I could imagine him sprawled on the floor of the pool room in the boys ' house , a long , lean figure in a white kandora unbuttoned at the neck , around him three or four young men waiting to play football , to drive , to beat the drums or follow him wherever he wanted to go . |
10 | New lighting effects were installed to improve public viewing from outside the glass case , and an operating console was designed to fit into a small room outside the Dolls ' House . |
11 | Mr E. O. Warner of James Purdey & Sons Ltd. with his original entry in the firm 's ledger for the guns in the Dolls ' House , 65 years after writing it . |
12 | During the five-day hearing , the jury heard Mrs Swami suffered frequent mistreatment at the princesses ' house in Bathurst Street , Bayswater , London , between 1980 and 1983 . |
13 | From the preface of the original illustrated catalogue of the Dolls ' House at the Empire Exhibition |
14 | Dot peered in through the tiny curtained windows of the dolls ' house and saw quiet furnished rooms , the playroom , kitchen , parlour , waiting to be lived in , a table set for tea , beds to be slept in , armchairs to be sat on . |
15 | There were commercial laundries in the 1920s and the large linen hampers that took two people to carry them to the laundry van show that this was a luxury enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Dolls ' House . |
16 | The quality of the wine selected for storage in the Dolls ' House cellar was planned with great care and knowledge . |
17 | From a position , parked a few yards down the road from the Stones ' house , Bodie watched as Anne Hanvey finally delivered Nick to the house . |
18 | The nanny who arrived in the Lutyens 's household in 1898 , for example , was still with the family when she died 38 years later , and the nanny 's rather grand bed in the Dolls ' House night nursery can only be interpreted as a mark of the greatest respect . |
19 | With Chrissie so shaken up , it would be good to have a second voice in the Stones ' house that could exert some control over the eleven-year-old . |
20 | It is interesting for today 's connoisseur to look at the cellar list of the Dolls ' House and ruminate on the joys of opening a bottle or two . |
21 | Mother Bombie asked Evelyn as they trudged up the shingle path towards the girls ' house . |
22 | A distinctive feature of the Dolls ' House was that almost without exception every item in it was specifically commissioned and an integral part of the whole gift — only a few pieces in the house were found in the antique trade or private collections . |
23 | The prospective idea of the dolls ' house began to fall into place . |
24 | It approximates to a miniature octavo book , while others in the Dolls ' House library are more like reduced folios . |
25 | Father Christmas had brought lovely things : tiny dolls for the dolls ' house , new toothbrushes and combs , sparkling jewellery , pencils , rubbers , hairbands and lots more . |
26 | The street around the Stones ' house buzzed and crawled with police activity for the next hour . |