Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 2 | You told me the house is in need of attention ; move and you can move to a place which is in excellent order and in a more central position where you 'll be able to attract more customers , ’ he said , treading a verbal tightrope between head-banging irritation and reasoned appeal . |
| 3 | My father overheard and , without consulting me or waiting to hear my reply , forbade him the house . |
| 4 | So something happened there at that house , we told 'em the house number , where the lamp 's situated , we gave 'em all the information they they need but we still ca n't get any response . |
| 5 | The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed . |
| 6 | As they showed her the house , Rose seemed to enter completely into the terrible awareness of Moran now sitting in the car chair meditatively rotating his thumbs about one another . |
| 7 | A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank , narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived . |
| 8 | When they divorced he gave her the house in a clean break settlement and paid twenty pounds a week maintenanace . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm delighted they left you the house , ’ Julia told Margaret . |