Example sentences of "come [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , a little later on , as she was sitting beside the now sleeping child , she heard Liza come into the house , Harriet did not go downstairs but waited until her daughter stood in the doorway of the bedroom , wild-eyed and trembling . |
| 2 | She heard her father come into the house and call out for her , and she called back that she would be down in a moment , as soon as she was dressed . |
| 3 | Carla heard Luke come into the house , and went to meet him , just as she always did . |
| 4 | For the first time since they 'd come into the house , Roman turned his dark gaze directly on to her . |
| 5 | ‘ And did you come into the house by the back or the front door ? ’ |
| 6 | When we arrived I could n't come into the house because I knew … thought I knew what was coming . |
| 7 | The sort of pet that would come into the house and have a bit of birthday cake . |
| 8 | So Bobby said they said oh dad said we can come in the house . |
| 9 | We understand that this bill will not come before the House of Lords until after Easter . |
| 10 | In a response to my hon. Friend the Member for Newham , North-West ( Mr. Banks ) on Thursday , the Prime Minister made it clear that he would not be supporting the Wild Mammals ( Protection ) Bill , which will come before the House on Friday , but did not clarify whether he is in favour of a ban on fox hunting . |
| 11 | Indeed , the Transport and Works Bill which will come before the House next week reflects anxiety about the operation of the private Bill system . |
| 12 | If the force is to be linked with the Regular Army , legislation must come before the House to make employers give leave of absence . |
| 13 | It will provide the basis for detailed regulations , which will come before the House in due course , to come into effect from April . |
| 14 | ‘ Then you can come to the house any time you want to afterwards . ’ |
| 15 | It is time to take into account the feelings and views of the ‘ natives ’ and to make it quite clear that anyone who does not want to be part of the family should n't come to the house . |
| 16 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 17 | The grocer would come to the house for the orders of his regular customers , and these would be promptly delivered . |
| 18 | An honest man will come to the house and call the name of the person inside , and in this way identify himself by his voice . |
| 19 | On the nights that Maura saw Terry , Margaret would come to the house and they would get ready there as if they were going out together . |
| 20 | ‘ You need n't come to the house if you do n't wish to . |
| 21 | Mr Skinner said Mr Lilley should come to the House to answer questions over ‘ the £4,000 bill the taxpayer is having to foot for him flying from his holiday cottage in France to come back to Britain ’ . |
| 22 | She felt that it was up to her now to protect her mother : Mama , do come to the House of Commons with me . |
| 23 | ‘ The car did n't come to the house . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd come to the house but your dad might n't like it . |
| 25 | Perhaps the Hansard report can be corrected or the Opposition spokesman can come to the House and correct his party 's blunders . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's no mystery about it ; David did come to the house . |
| 27 | ‘ Tonight — can you come to the house ? |
| 28 | You 'll come across the house half-way up the drive . ’ |