Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their graves were tended by surviving relatives in much the same way that they looked after the house of an absent friend . |
| 2 | Anna threw up her arms and they vanished into the house . |
| 3 | ‘ And they keep to the house and garden , ’ I said . |
| 4 | They had this very unhealthy large majority and they put before the House a Bill which offered total deregulation of shopping hours and to all intents and purposes stripped out nearly all the employment protection which has been a hallmark of Sunday trading legislation , certainly for the past century . |
| 5 | He grinned understandingly , and they hurried from the house . |
| 6 | If they went to the house and saw him move into the door , they 'd turn out the family , look everywhere and he was not to be found . |
| 7 | But the pensioner 's death means that Andrew , his wife Janice and son Gareth , 12 , face eviction as squatters if they stay in the house at Margam , South Wales , said Port Talbot council . |
| 8 | His mother , who had spent longer with him in the garden than usual that day , led him into the sitting room when they returned to the house . |
| 9 | When they returned to the house , they went into Emma 's flat . |
| 10 | When they returned to the house , Terry tried to persuade her to accompany her to visit one of her girlfriends , for a sort of hen night , she supposed , but Ellie pleaded tiredness and went up to her room , and that , except for a brief trip to the kitchen for something to eat , was where she stayed . |
| 11 | When they returned to the house Silas and Peter Bush walked from room to room with Lucy hovering in the background . |
| 12 | Edward was sweating lightly when they walked into the house . |
| 13 | He stopped crying when they arrived at the house . |
| 14 | When they arrived at the house , they saw a man whom they had good reason to suppose to be the assailant washing blood from himself . |
| 15 | When they arrived at the house , Jessamy grabbed hold of her bag , went straight into the house and headed for the drawing-room . |
| 16 | DICK Palmer ( left ) , chairman of the British Olympic Federation and Peter Knowles of Manchester 2000 are welcomed by North Ireland Sports Council chairman Don Allen and Joan McCloy when they arrived at the House of Sport for their presentation of the Manchester bid for the Olympic Games in 2000 . |
| 17 | Ross made no attempt to touch her , other than to gently place his hand occasionally on her elbow as they walked around the house and garden . |
| 18 | As soon as they came into the house a melodeon started to play and two fiddles took up in perfect tune ; then bagpipes played alone . |
| 19 | He turned his back on the little girls , the poor one looking so much like the rich man 's child , as they disappeared into the house to eat their rice together . |
| 20 | As they flew over the house and looked down on colourful gardens she could see a pool of some considerable size , glittering greenly in the sun , tubs of geraniums around it . |
| 21 | And just to make sure the volunteers sleep soundly they 'll be given a slap-up meal and as much wine and port as they want on the house . |
| 22 | Sarah smiled and as they drew near the house , Terry approached them . |
| 23 | Some of them were politer than others , but they tended to ask the same questions as they trampled through the house . |