Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clatter of hooves sounded in the yard , then three of the offworlders came into the house . |
| 2 | And that was a delightful and most alarming sensation , when the long , airy arms of the West Wind reached down through the trees and caught him up , and the leaves were all shivering and clattering and trembling with her passing , and the straws danced before the house and the dust rose and flew about in little earth-fountains . |
| 3 | Tess discovered that only two or three of the dairymaids slept in the house , besides herself . |
| 4 | The proposals were heavily criticised and eventually , as a Bill legislating for the changes went through the House of Commons , the government bowed to their own back-benchers and produced an amendment introducing a total reorganisation ( Maclure 1988 : 109 ) . |
| 5 | Obviously I enjoyed having the opportunity to watch any nesting birds so close at hand — I could reach out of my bedroom window , when Mum was n't around , and feel right inside the nest — but many of the neighbours looked on the house martins as pests who infested their property and made a mess . |
| 6 | When the Bishops moved into the house 10 years ago , it had been on the market for 18 months and had become very run down . |
| 7 | The vandals broke into the house , piled the cooker with linen then switched it on and set light to it . |
| 8 | Detective Constable Peter Phillips said one of the men went round the house with the woman , checking points , while the other stayed in the kitchen . |
| 9 | The men stayed in the house , and worked in their rooms under the snow . |
| 10 | Eventually the police got into the house and a man was arrested . |
| 11 | One of the first things that had been done when the police arrived at the house was to examine all windows and doors for signs of forcible entry . |
| 12 | Grimsdale 's eldest daughter cleaned the room briefly with a broom and the rest of the children scurried about the house . |