Example sentences of "house and [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat outside beneath the upturned colander of the night sky until Dennis 's snores had settled into a consistent rhythm , then made my way inside the house and across the living area to the door behind which Karen lay naked . |
| 2 | Squaring her shoulders and remembering that what lay ahead was , after all , a job interview , she followed Dr Russell up the long flight of steps at the front of the house and through a wooden latticework door on to a cool veranda where outdoor furniture splashed with warm tropical colours was invitingly arranged . |
| 3 | He took her to every room in the house and with a cool economy of speech explained the merits of the installation , pointing out its adaptability and demonstrating its efficacy . |
| 4 | A good girl helps her mother around the house and with the younger children , being especially good if she does so without being asked . |
| 5 | It was all very peaceful : Mister Johnny 's voice bubbling away like a lark and the sun on the hay field and on the tall-chimneyed house and on the quiet mountain behind it . |
| 6 | There was little enough fun in her life ; she had no friends , she rarely left the house and on the few occasions she did , it was never on her own and her only contacts were with her mother , the tutors , some of the servants and Patrick . |
| 7 | When my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister opened the debate , he made it clear that he had sensed right the mood of the House and of the British people . |
| 8 | I want to get you back to the house and into a warm bed . ’ |
| 9 | We followed her through the house and into a big room . |
| 10 | This was Rosalind Hatch — Roz — and she greeted Cowley coolly , but courteously , before leading him through the house and into the rear garden . |
| 11 | Mickey came up , and , taking the two girls by the hand , led them out of the house and into the back garden . |
| 12 | The matters related to the honesty and integrity of the British Army , connivance in terrorist offences , the role of the police and security forces , and plea bargaining to prevent full public scrutiny of the issues in the House and before the British public . |
| 13 | Though agreed between the parties , these proposals were bitterly attacked by some Conservatives as destroying the traditional upper House and by a few Labour members as creating a large new area of patronage for the Prime Minister . |
| 14 | He led me to his house and in a few minutes I had diagnosed the trouble — a flat battery . |
| 15 | ‘ I realise you love this car and I know you 're tired , ’ she said , determinedly hauling him out , ‘ but I 'd be grateful if you could save this until we 're in the house and in the dry . ’ |
| 16 | Halfway up the aisle the Ted turned his head again to the packed house and in the same pained voice of injured innocence repeated , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’ |
| 17 | Well what you 've got to do now is think about your own house and in the same way you 've just thought about it and say what is there about my house that would attract somebody to try and break into it . |
| 18 | There were open sliding glass windows at the side of the house and in the dim interior I could just make out two figures standing . |