Example sentences of "houses and [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like a mountain of walls and houses and streets rising out of the Vale with the river curling round its feet , lapping at the high walls . |
| 2 | Having played little part in the August riots ( epitomised by the derisory slogan , ‘ IRA — I Ran Away ’ ) , old IRA men came out of retirement ( Rose , 1972 ) and ‘ there was a steady stream of recruits from young men who had seen houses and streets burnt down by Loyalist mobs and who 'd been unable to prevent them ’ ( Farrell , 1980:267 ) . |
| 3 | A brilliant moon flooded the whole valley in white bright light , so that the houses and cottages stood out like toy models , relieved here and there by squares of glowing orange where someone had failed to draw a curtain . |
| 4 | On this site there was a small farm with a succession of timber houses and farmyards occupied up to c . |
| 5 | Tranquillity and excellent cooking are not , however , the only attribute , there are also many beautiful sights nearby including the conical shapes of Trevi whose houses and churches cascade down the hillside . |
| 6 | ‘ the smoke of the innumerable tall chimneys lies over all like a poultice … houses and shops go on for ever , and at the back of them , blotting out all the rest of the world , rise great precipitous mills like frowning cliffs , at whose base are the small houses where the folks live like coneys at a mountain foot . |
| 7 | I could just make out Tobermory , looking like an Anne Redpath painting , cubes of white and blue and primrose and Venetian red , the houses and shops strung out along the bay , tiny in the distance . |
| 8 | Auction houses and buyers argue over compensation |