Example sentences of "came [adv prt] [prep] [art] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Apparently his boat came in sooner than expected and docked at Shields , and he came up to the house hoping to see my sister , and he did . |
| 2 | He came up to the house that evening , armed with the music box and the monkey . |
| 3 | Put the boat into the boat-house and made the doors fast , then came up to the house . |
| 4 | ‘ Kenneth Baker came up in the House to offer congratulations . |
| 5 | ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing . |
| 6 | I came back into the house soon afterwards , but Emily walked for an hour or two in the rain with her dog , Keeper . |
| 7 | When she came back into the house , her dress was wet through . |
| 8 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 9 | When he came back to the house he refused to take a chair or a drink . |
| 10 | Several times Paul Guillaume came back to the house to have his portrait painted in a discreet , dark suit , starched collar and tie , jaunty trilby hat , a gloved hand languidly holding a cigarette and thinly parted lips which seem to be saying ‘ I am a man of exquisite taste ’ . |
| 11 | About a week later , I finished work early one day and came back to the house . |
| 12 | Stephen had a meeting with the shop steward the following morning at 8.30 , and came back to the house afterwards shouting to Victor the butler for strong black coffee . |
| 13 | When she came back to the house in the evening , Martha told her that the servants had had trouble with Colin . |
| 14 | Later on that night Clare also came back to the house . |
| 15 | Then he lost his nerve and rushed out of the flat and came back to the house to find me . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Rosa and … and Dolores came back to the house . |
| 17 | He came back to the house crying his eyes out . ’ |
| 18 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 19 | As they came out of the house Philip saw two girls , quite old . |
| 20 | Philip 's Mum came out of the house . |
| 21 | Mary Gates came out of the house wiping her hands on her apron and looked at her son 's purchase . |
| 22 | This incensed his wife who came out of the house , shouting abuse . |
| 23 | Luke nodded and , getting a red jewel box out of his jeans ' pocket , handed it to Alejandro just before a beautiful woman came out of the house . |
| 24 | Then the removal men came out of the house for the last time , wiping their brows on their once-white aprons , and then they helped down from the van a little old lady . |
| 25 | In its drive stood a Japanese four-wheel-drive vehicle and as Meredith looked across the laburnum hedge at it , a woman of about her own age came out of the house , slamming the door crossly , got into the vehicle and reversed out into the road , driving off at speed . |
| 26 | It kept promising it was going to explode , and then one morning I came out of the house it was just lying there like a dinosaur hulk . ’ |
| 27 | Two men came out of the house . |
| 28 | The Tarvarian came out of the house and took Rostov 's reins . |
| 29 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |
| 30 | As I watched , Ma came out of the house between two men in green coats , Pa following . |