Example sentences of "had [to-vb] the house " in BNC.
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| 1 | All was carefully organized , not only for the debate and the vote , but also for the disorder that would follow when Asquith moved to rescind the vote : Ministers were shouted down , a copy of Standing Orders was thrown at Churchill , and the Speaker had to suspend the House until the following week because of the danger of actual fighting in the House . |
| 2 | They had to see the house — what remained of it after Brunt had finished with it . |
| 3 | In that time , she had to clean the house , set the fire , heat water for her husband and make his breakfast . |
| 4 | Some practical joker rang up : said there was a gas leak , and they had to evacuate the house . ’ |
| 5 | We had to keep the house clean ; Dada liked a clean house . |
| 6 | I had to keep the house going and look after the kids . |
| 7 | Ada was helping her father , the local postman , and had to run the house for her old mother ; Nives had opened a hairdresser 's shop ; and Nora was already apprenticed to a tailor , |
| 8 | Mum said he had to watch the house and the food in case anyone slipped in while we were out and helped themselves . |
| 9 | So we had to redecorate the house very quickly because I could n't bear it . ’ |
| 10 | Shortly thereafter cracks began to appear in the house both internally and externally and the purchaser had to have the house underpinned at a cost of £1,444 and had obtained estimates of between £1,500 and 12,000 for repairs to the superstructure . |