Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [art] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his father had n't been so bloody-minded and had let him use the family car , he would no doubt have gone down alone and come back next day , having called on some estate agent in Hadleigh or Sudbury and asked them to sell the house for him , the very one probably that he had gone to in the following year . |
| 2 | Ana just drifted to a halt , turning without demur as Maggie moved her to face the house . |
| 3 | He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant , and though she protested he gave her the money for her railway journey back to London . |
| 4 | It was after this that Vere Barker , his rather grand agent , helped him to get the house in Hampstead and began to up his fees even for radio — for which he continued to work — poems , plays , schools radio , £10 , £12 , £20 sometimes : it all totted up . |
| 5 | The Count advised me to put the house in my daughter 's own name . |
| 6 | ‘ He told them to leave the house immediately and it would appear that they did not take him seriously but laughed when he said this . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , and I am sure it is because Sir John meant him to have the house . |
| 8 | ‘ And do you think your father really meant her to own the house for ever ? ’ |
| 9 | When Jack took him to see the house , Warnie was just as enthusiastic . |
| 10 | He wrote a 30-second piece for a shampoo commercial that enabled him to buy a house in the country . |