Example sentences of "went [prep] [art] house " in BNC.

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1 They went through the house like so many screaming wheelbarrows , soon to be silenced by men with sharp knives and rubber aprons and boots that did not slip on the bloodied floor .
2 He did n't even knock but just walked right in and went through the house looking to see if we had anything of value to part with before we could receive any relief .
3 She went through the house door leading into the garage , seized a rake and plunged into the cold wind .
4 The proposals were heavily criticised and eventually , as a Bill legislating for the changes went through the House of Commons , the government bowed to their own back-benchers and produced an amendment introducing a total reorganisation ( Maclure 1988 : 109 ) .
5 As Beth went through the house , from the wide spacious hallway and into the dark-panelled sitting room , it struck her again how lovely the old place could be .
6 Mama went through the house turning off recorders .
7 Almost two years after the beer orders went through the House , we are entitled to ask the Minister what good came of them at last .
8 I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge .
9 The clampdown comes on the day a new law to stop joyriding went through the House of Lords .
10 Only today The Government 's joyriding bill went through the House of Lords .
11 And this excitement , and the feeling of being involved in a half-guessed-at mystery , became her private obsession as she went about the house , visited the shops and looked after the children .
12 ‘ We went past a house where there 'd been a wedding , ’ said Lili , ‘ the night before .
13 Well over a hundred friends had been invited to luncheon at Woburn Abbey , but they were sworn to secrecy , and asked to arrive by a special route , so that no one went past the house .
14 She went towards the house to say goodbye to Stella , and as she turned the corner of the building she almost collided with Luke .
15 as if he was attuned to her thoughts Alain made no move to help her as she went towards the house .
16 His yard , where the horses were stabled , went behind the houses and the pub through to Garden Cottages .
17 One of the interviewers went into a house yesterday and asked her to take off all her clothes !
18 The phone was ringing as he went into the house .
19 Mrs Wright went into the house and Philip went out into the road .
20 Not that I ever went into the house , for the doctor 's surgery , which he shared with one other , stood in Witney High Street where it widened into the market place .
21 The effects of the raksi had worn off by now and Kalchu , quiet and subdued , went into the house to fetch the red bitch 's chain .
22 When the garage door was closed all three men pulled on their tracksuits and masks , while one went into the house to warn the fourth .
23 When Ruth went into the house Hester was sitting on an upright chair by the table , peeling potatoes .
24 He and Adam went into the house where they managed to scrounge up fifteen quid between the two of them , leaving them with just enough to cover the petrol for Goblander to get home on .
25 Adam got to his feet and , throwing one of the quilts over Rufus , went into the house .
26 And feeling sick , and shaken , he placed the dead animal in a piece of sacking and went into the house .
27 He smiled at her , then went into the house .
28 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem , the circumcised believers criticised him and said , ‘ You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them ’ ' ( Acts 11:1–3 ) .
29 ‘ When Peter went up to Jerusalem , the circumcised believers criticised him and said , ‘ You went into the house of uncircumcised men and ate with them ’ ' ( Acts 11:2–3 ) .
30 ‘ I was n't there when he went into the house .
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