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

2.  A bell sounded somewhere in the house but there was no response.

3.  A belligerent crowd of some fifty thousand gathered around the court house.

4.  A big house, with no smoke rising from the chimneys.

5.  A bipartisan commission had worked for more than a year to produce the blueprint for the legislation that the House passed.

6.  A black flotilla of clouds rose towering over the mountains and advanced on the house.

7.  A blank wall the height of a house on your right.

8.  A budget bill passed the Republican-controlled House by only three votes earlier this week.

9.  A builder bought the house and fixed it up.

10.  A busy, friendly house with a great deal of character and a good range of whiskies and beers.