1.   A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank, narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived.

2.   A gang of workmen put a fence up across the private lane leading to the house in Beaconsfield.

3.   A lot of houses in the area are being bought by non-residents.

4.   A project almost as big as the Channel Tunnel is now under way to bring cable television to every house in Britain.

5.   A proper rented room in a shared house in Chiswick.

6.   A small, terrace house in a dingy street.

7.   A tenant owes a duty to the landlord to keep the house in reasonable condition.

8.   A year passed and then a big house in Oxford Street came along.