Example sentences of "at the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember when I first met you at the house of terror ; what you gave me , all that you gave me . |
| 2 | Here is an example of an impro exercise for two actors : ‘ An actor is asked to assume the character of a close family friend who arrives at the house with the news of the death of the wife 's husband in an accident . |
| 3 | on the far bank Cameron had outstripped them , his army moving steadily down the strath , winning signatures at the house of Cluny , at Clochfoldich and Pitnacree , by the solid slow avalanche of their numbers , massing quietly round each house , hammering three times on each door . |
| 4 | To do nothing might be worse — Allan had greeted them at the house with the news ( fresh from the great oven of rumour , the widow Duff 's at Ballinluig ) that a file of English soldiers had ridden out from Perth . |
| 5 | To undo this moment — to force time backwards — to be again at the moment of choice back at the house … |
| 6 | The only way to view the Chancellor was by scrambling through the neighbouring graveyard and looking at the house across a row of tombstones . |
| 7 | Irene Jaffray said at Shrewsbury Crown Court that Eddie Browning made the request to her when he arrived at the house she shared with Kerry Evans in Inverurie , Aberdeenshire . |
| 8 | The jury was told earlier that after Mr Browning , 36 , arrived at the house a thick smudge of blood was seen on his Renault 25 . |
| 9 | At the house of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd not far from Magdalene College was one of the remarkable Knox brothers , Wilfred . |
| 10 | Then her married sister arrived at the house with news of her real reason for going each evening to the post office . |
| 11 | At the house he invited Rose in but she refused with the excuse that it was too late . |
| 12 | He waited at the house until the bride and groom arrived but he could not be persuaded to enter the house . |
| 13 | ‘ Was he always alone when you saw him at the house ? ’ |
| 14 | Maybe I can live at the house and hide if Mr Jackson comes round . |
| 15 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 16 | I spect he was pretty angry about t tell him I was living at the house with Marie . |
| 17 | Last year he was invited to hold an exhibition of his work at Urbino , in central Italy , at the house once owned by the Renaissance painter Raphael , which he had visited a few years before . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher , giving the 50th anniversary lecture of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee at the House of Lords , said it was imperative to intensify efforts to model and predict climate change . |
| 19 | Tonight the Soviets attend a reception at the House of Commons and another tiny barrier will be broken down on Wednesday when the Combined Services provide the opposition at Aldershot . |
| 20 | Colin loved the land but he would n't even get out of the van to look at the house . ’ |
| 21 | The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road . |
| 22 | You 're due at four-thirty at his office at the House of Commons after Treasury Questions , whatever they are . |
| 23 | Tuesday , more of the same , except she seems to have met Mr Hawick at the House of Commons after work . |
| 24 | Reception at the House , all very grand and smart . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I told them that , ’ Francis Morgan said irritably and his wife and daughter caught each other 's eye in silent agreement that he had n't told them that Angela was refusing point-black to be married from home and was insisting on the full London set-out , reception at the House of Commons , replying unanswerably when he had objected on grounds of expense that she could well afford to pay for it herself . |
| 26 | It took place at the house of my friend R E. Vernede , himself a poet of some promise and a novelist of some performance who was also killed in the ‘ 14–18 ’ war . |
| 27 | All Friday , Saturday and Sunday we were at the house , and he was shooting cocaine all the time — shooting it . ’ |
| 28 | Do you recall the story of Jesus at the house of Simon the Pharisee ? |
| 29 | Back at the house he said : ‘ We will now go into the cawsts ’ — which were tremendous . |
| 30 | ‘ Look , ’ said his Mum looking back at the house . |