Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [art] house [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | The fog lifted and the house became filled with a babble of excitable people , few of whom spoke English and who all arrived at once because they 'd been waiting for a clear passage . |
2 | Time had stopped and the house had become cold . |
3 | To ensure this happened , permission for phase II of the development , a further twenty-eight flats , was not to be given until the house had been restored . |
4 | The builders on the scaffolding outside must have thought that the house contained a pack of feral beasts , groaning at their captivity , their ill-treatment , their lousy food . |
5 | In 1972 , the press was notified and the house closed to the public for two and a half months . |
6 | When Poirot tells her that Hastings has remarked that the house looked haunted she assures them that if there is a ghost it must be a friendly one , because she has had three escapes from death in as many days so she must bear a charmed life . |