Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] to the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her imagination visualised Luke — always an early riser — driving up to the house and immediately recognising Richard 's car parked outside . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought they 'd gone off my land and started driving back to the house but then suddenly felt a sharp pain in my back . |
| 3 | Driving back to the house through the small back-roads was more difficult than she 'd anticipated , and she took a couple of wrong turnings . |
| 4 | You would n't catch me walking back to the house alone at night . |
| 5 | One day , I was walking back to the house , and had my camera with me . |
| 6 | There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk . |
| 7 | Using the same forthrightness as her brother , she took Hilary 's arm in a firm grip and began walking back to the house . |
| 8 | He was just walking back to the house when the patrol car came storming up the drive , etching his shadow on the wall . |
| 9 | For a whiff the strong white birds floated proudly there , diving , clearing the weed , and waddling over to the house when my father summoned them , for food and to be shut up for the night . |
| 10 | If you the trends then er going on to the going on to the House Builders Federation figures , that would not cause us to release more land within the greenbelt , as would the lower figure of the County Council , based on seventy five percent inward migration . |
| 11 | A lot of people in those streets ( they were very poor , but they were very proud ) and on the steps leading up to the house , they 'd have laid a little piece of lino , three pieces or two . |
| 12 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |
| 13 | It was n't until they had climbed the stone steps leading up to the house that she learned the truth of the matter . |
| 14 | By right and custom , he himself and James here should be going back to the house for the reading of the will , but this very new Sir Joseph had made it evident yesterday that he wanted no reading done in the house and that he would let them know when he wanted the matter dealt with . |
| 15 | Alec overheard the conversation , and said , ‘ I 'm going back to the house now , Kit . |
| 16 | It did not matter that they were going back to the house of the Scarabae . |
| 17 | On washing day I fill a bucket half full of very hot water and add my cup of soap powder before going back to the house for breakfast . |
| 18 | ‘ And now I 'm going back to the house — alone . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Such as going back to the house and making love to you until you start begging for mercy . ’ |
| 20 | After one more roundabout and one more tune , we drove through the compound gates , drawing up to the house with ringing ears and a mild sense of both exhaustion and satisfaction . |
| 21 | Within a year or so you will have the satisfaction of moving in to the house you have built with your own hands ; your old home will have been sold , allowing you to pay back the building society loan you took out to buy the land and materials ; and there will be more than enough profit , considering how much you saved by using your own labour , to pay for some champagne to celebrate . |
| 22 | Scrambling to her feet , she set herself to rights , before stalking back to the house . |
| 23 | A stranger coming in to the house that you 've never seen before |
| 24 | He cursed under his breath , shaking his head at his own folly in coming up to the house at all … |
| 25 | This is the path coming up to the house and you 've got the green like that between there and there , there 's a gap , I do n't know how I 'm gon na do that |
| 26 | running up to the house |
| 27 | Somewhere below , only a few minutes away but in another world completely , she was running back to the house , Simon in hot pursuit . |
| 28 | And somehow , he could n't imagine either of them coming around to the house for some beers and a pizza and a John Wayne movie on the video . |