Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd washed his hair and piled all his plastic carrier bags into a corner instead of strewing them through the house like the clues of a treasure-hunt . |
| 2 | The wine and the excitement of having someone in the house to talk to . |
| 3 | He anticipates that the campaign will snowball and , depending on the results , he is considering taking it to the House of Commons . |
| 4 | Now PC Dave Fishwick has urged residents to check identification before allowing anyone into the house . |
| 5 | When I arrived at Althorp the housekeeper , Joyce Cole , told me that she had orders banning me from touching anything in the house . |
| 6 | This was Rosalind Hatch — Roz — and she greeted Cowley coolly , but courteously , before leading him through the house and into the rear garden . |
| 7 | He was suspicious of her motives in inviting him into the house — he usually got no further than the front doorstep . |
| 8 | My mother will take care of you while I get the house together , ’ he said , embracing her gently before taking us into the house . |
| 9 | There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house . |
| 10 | If her personality tends to be an obsessive one — if she is excessively devoted to tidiness and perfect order in every part of her life and home , a great maker of ‘ lists ’ for everything and a habitual ‘ double-checker ’ in all her activities — you may find that although she is grieving deeply , she may throw herself with remarkable zeal into the business of ‘ tidying up ’ her husband 's financial affairs and concentrating even more strongly on getting everything in the house cleaned and polished ; for this is the method used by most people who are inclined to be obsessional , to control their anxiety . |