Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Richard Crossman , who tried to abolish the House of Lords in the 1960s , was finally seduced : ‘ A fascinating place … undoubtedly the best club in London … |
| 2 | ) And it helped to make the House of Commons very anxious and very angry . |
| 3 | The lashing rain had just started and as she spoke a great roll of thunder seemed to shake the house . |
| 4 | I slept and woke to find the house quiet , settled from the anger that had shaken it . |
| 5 | ‘ American House and Gardens came to photograph the house and asked if we could provide 350 of these plates for their best advertisers . |
| 6 | It would be useful if the Prime Minister intervened to tell the House precisely what formula he had in mind for the limitation of fiscal deficits . |
| 7 | I arrived to find the house empty . |
| 8 | But they arrived to discover the house had been set on fire by attempts to burn large quantities of ‘ literature ’ . |
| 9 | It had started the day three months previously when Michael paid to have the house stoved . |
| 10 | He nodded briefly , then turned to enter the house with Belinda following closely in the wake of his capable stride and feeling very thankful that he had arrived . |
| 11 | In Lim Poh Choo v Camden and Islington Health Authority [ 1984 ] AC 174 the defendants sought to persuade the House of Lords to exercise their freedom under the Practice Statement [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 , to reverse two rules that had been laid down by the majority of the House of Lords in West & Son Ltd v Shephard [ 1964 ] AC 326 , namely : ( 1 ) that the fact of unconsciousness does not eliminate the actuality of the deprivation of the ordinary experiences and amenities of life ( see the formulation used by Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest at p349 ) ; and ( 2 ) that , if damages are awarded upon a correct basis , it is of no concern to the court to consider any question as to the use that will thereafter be made of the money awarded . |
| 12 | If the Tories ' supporters in 1970 had liked the sound of anti-union radicalism , a significant number had decided by 1974 that it threatened to bring the house down around their ears . |
| 13 | Evans made the saving tackle , just as he did when Tony Stanger , having barn-stormed out of Wayne Proctor 's tackle , threatened to bring the house down in a move created by Craig Chalmers ' adroit collection of Mike Rayer 's kick , the irrepressible Armstrong arcing out of harm 's way on a touchline blast and the thumping support of Cronin and Kenny Milne ( one tighthead to the good ) . |
| 14 | I decided to go the house a few gardens away where a few pitiful meows brings some food from the woman . |
| 15 | ‘ I swore to destroy the house of de Tracy , Isabel , not merely your father . |
| 16 | Graeme 's friend , an estate agent in Chard , needed to view the house before the details could be written . |
| 17 | So they decided to split the house in two . ’ |
| 18 | Fed up with nothing going right , he finally decided to change the house number to 11A in the belief that the bad luck was due to the ill-fated number 13 . |
| 19 | It was Robert Welch 's son George who decided to improve the house . |
| 20 | Troubles had been piling up in recent months as the owners struggled to restore the house 's reputation . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll bet it was that woman who went to see the house after us yesterday . |
| 22 | British Coal , however , remained adamant that the Roo Management offer alone was acceptable , and proceeded to sell the house to the company . |
| 23 | He says he offered to buy the house for more than it 's worth , but the Maskells were n't interested . |
| 24 | According to the owner 's agent , Robert Holden , the owners offered to give the house and land in exchange for £1.8 for the contents , which would have formed an enhanced tax douceur . |
| 25 | For example , Lord Crowther-Hunt considers that the Queen would be perfectly " justified " in withholding her consent from a bill which sought to abolish the House of Lords even if the government proposing this had secured a mandate through the manifesto set before the people at a general election . |
| 26 | Eva liked to sprinkle the house with about five papers and three magazines a day , skimming over Vogue and the New Statesman and the Daily Express before dumping the lot into the wastepaper basket beside the bed . |
| 27 | All was carefully organized , not only for the debate and the vote , but also for the disorder that would follow when Asquith moved to rescind the vote : Ministers were shouted down , a copy of Standing Orders was thrown at Churchill , and the Speaker had to suspend the House until the following week because of the danger of actual fighting in the House . |
| 28 | They had to see the house — what remained of it after Brunt had finished with it . |
| 29 | In that time , she had to clean the house , set the fire , heat water for her husband and make his breakfast . |
| 30 | Some practical joker rang up : said there was a gas leak , and they had to evacuate the house . ’ |