Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' house " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of secular centres , most burghs had strips of land leading back from the market-place for burghers ' houses , vegetable plots and space for livestock . |
| 2 | Working out of members ' houses , Media , Technical , Finance , Fund Raising and liaison sub groups embarked upon an information spreading programme . |
| 3 | But most looked like dolls ' houses , Léonie thought , where the women played at rearranging the clean furniture . |
| 4 | Decree laws on Jan. 31 provided ( i ) for the assignment of co-operative land for farmers , for their own long-term use , up to 0.5 hectares ; ( ii ) for farmers ' houses to become their own property ; and ( iii ) for an incentive system whereby the incomes of co-operative and state farms would relate to their sales . |
| 5 | But they certainly should n't be encouraged to go into strangers ' houses and we 'd also ask er people who perhaps do have children knocking on their door not to invite them in either . |
| 6 | But a Northumbrian Water spokesman said yesterday the confusion had arisen because Middlesbrough Council had chosen not to continue collecting water payments along with tenants ' house rents . |
| 7 | in parents ' house therefore I 've got to be nice ? |
| 8 | When Jack had spent the night in friends ' houses after a match he realised that their mothers were not like this . |
| 9 | Some provide extensive facilities and pioneer new methods of treatment , education and care ; others are small social clubs meeting in members ' houses for companionship and leisure activities . |
| 10 | A Medau Group was formed in Sidcup and met monthly in members ' houses for discussions , as well as to enjoy social and fund-raising activities . |
| 11 | The attackers had shouted abuse at Mr Sheldon , his brother Peter , 18 , and Mr Cole , who were walking between friends ' houses in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh just before 2am . |
| 12 | The attackers had shouted abuse at Mr Sheldon , his brother Peter , 18 , and Mr Cole , who were walking between friends ' houses in the Bruntsfield area of Edinburgh just before 2am . |
| 13 | Money-lenders came to borrowers ' houses , not vice versa . |
| 14 | It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers , but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists ' houses and smashing their windows . |
| 15 | The business did grow after the arrival of Michael Curlewis in 1982 when billings were still below £300 000 ; according to the accounts filed at Companies ' House , in 1985 Boyden , with only three consultants , achieved a turnover of £490258 . |
| 16 | As part of an international group , Korn/Ferry 's accounts have been filed at Companies ' House , which show an impressive rise in fee income during the present decade . |
| 17 | They came , not during committee meetings in Whitehall , but after informal chats at ministers ' houses during the Easter holiday . |
| 18 | In a letter of 17 August 1921 to his wife he writes that ‘ I have had the first estimates for dolls ' house furniture : 13 State frames — £50 , and have sent it to Mrs Marshall Field . |