Example sentences of "house [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Houses were built at the street frontage , whilst the interiors of each square or chequer provided garden space . |
| 2 | Based on the forecasts of the Labour government 's Green Paper of 1977 , 550,000 fewer houses were built during the period 1976–86 than were envisaged as being necessary in order to satisfy the anticipated need . |
| 3 | Only 29,000 houses were completed during the year . |
| 4 | Only 35 houses were completed in the area in the last year yet the survey revealed 522 households needing different or additional accommodation within five years . |
| 5 | In that year 135,000 houses were improved with the help of government grants : in 1955 there had been too little improvement to record in official statistics . |
| 6 | The bulk of the houses were grouped around the Church , along what is now the High St. and extended from the Plough to Hall House ( or Bourne 's ) , then from there in a line down to the river with Halling House or the Old Palace prominent by the Church . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , in the north-west , Carlisle cathedral and neighbouring houses were burnt to the ground so that the clergy had , as one chronicler put it , nowhere to lay their heads . |
| 8 | Persons in close contact with them at work or at their houses were drawn from the majority population for ‘ security reasons ’ . |
| 9 | From 1 April 1986 the list of important houses was augmented by the addition of Osborne , formerly managed by the Department of the Environment , and Kenwood , Marble Hill and Rangers House from the Greater London Council . |
| 10 | The tooth and nail brushes throughout the house were manufactured by the firm of Addis . |
| 11 | All the cards and calendars which had come to the house were arranged on the mantelpiece , and amongst them were little boxes of sweets and candied fruit and brightly hued crackers . |
| 12 | The original window shutters for the front of the house were found in the barn and Graeme rehung them . |
| 13 | In the winter of 1975 the council evicted us from our squat and those of us who formed the nucleus of that original women 's house were dispersed around the country . |
| 14 | An old Market Hall remained , with small minaret-like towers at each end and the adjoining small house was made into the Company 's office . |
| 15 | When foundations for the house were being dug — the house was built for the Marquis Litta in the sixteenth-century — Roman mosaics were discovered . |
| 16 | It was at this period after the Norman invasion that the Palace of Mansion house was built for the Bishop of Rochester . |
| 17 | The Ballard house was built into the side of a hill , a long , low granite building which had once been something to do with a mine . |
| 18 | It is possible Minton also knew that the house was built on the site of former warehouses where some of the first slaves brought to Britain were unloaded and where many died . |
| 19 | This spacious house was built at the turn of the century of Aberdeen granite and has a most unusual roof structure which incorporates a domed tower — the tower bedroom below is very popular with guests . |
| 20 | The house was built at the turn of the century as a country home and used for many years as a shooting lodge . |
| 21 | The old Customs House was built at the end of the fifteenth century , having been started around the time Funchal first had its own customs post in 1477 . |
| 22 | Dunedin House was built by the surgeon J. S. Land in the mid 19th century , and lived in for over 50 years this century by the late Dr Cripps , Medical Officer of Health for the Holderness area . |
| 23 | A Friendship House was constructed in the middle of the woods and a ‘ free university ’ opened . |
| 24 | Here the mustiness which pervaded the rest of the house was replaced by the smell of lavender . |
| 25 | They thought it normal for Daddy to get them up and dress and breakfast them , before he went down to morning surgery , and for Lucy once she was up to spend ages talking excitedly and gesticulating on the telephone , before consigning them ( with a kiss on the head ) to Nissy while she disappeared to the study to practise , and the house was filled with the cello 's dismal squeaks and groans , which always recovered eventually , into more or less of a tune . |
| 26 | The house was damaged in the explosion , which is believed to have involved bottled gas apparatus . |
| 27 | In about the middle of the eighteenth century , John Zoffany , a portrait painter , arrived in England , and although not regularly accepted at first , he became friendly with Garrick and other actors which lifted his prospects , so he took a lease of a house called ‘ London Style ’ , which was set back from the north bank of the River Thames , just east of Kew Bridge , but later his wife and children occupied a house on the river front on Strand-on-the-Green , which house was named after the painter . |
| 28 | His house was sacked during the revolt , and he himself was discharged from office ; although he lived for almost twenty years more , he was not reappointed . |
| 29 | The house was staffed round the clock since many of the residents needed practical help with everyday tasks and several still displayed ‘ odd ’ or difficult behaviour . |
| 30 | Nightshade House was separated from the street by a flagged courtyard , the general approach defended by iron railings . |