Example sentences of "house and [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only registration of properties are as lodging houses and as a medical facility . |
| 2 | The most common material for new houses and as a replacement for cast iron is uPVC — a type of plastic . |
| 3 | ‘ Come on , ’ said Felicity , and led him round the back of the house and through a herb-garden into a large modern kitchen . |
| 4 | He looked up at the house and through a dormer window he could make out the outline of a figure , seated and immobile , facing the sea . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I do n't want a big roaming house , but I want a decent sized house and with a bit of garden ! |
| 8 | Pleas that the character of the North Yorkshire market town of Pickering should not be spoiled by takeaway food shops have been made by town councillors who rejected schemes to convert a dry cleaners into a kebab house and for a pizza takeaway at a music shop . |
| 9 | Rose 's coming to the house had smoothed their lives and allowed them to concentrate everything on school and study , which , above all , they saw as a way out of the house and into a life of their own . |
| 10 | We followed her through the house and into a big room . |
| 11 | I want to get you back to the house and into a warm bed . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He led me to his house and in a few minutes I had diagnosed the trouble — a flat battery . |
| 14 | Isobel vanished round the house and after a while Anna heard the engine of her little car start up and putter away down the drive . |