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Example sentences for "large building"

  • His house, a large building, stands in this open part of the vale.

  • But when we came to the Black Bull we had no wish to enter the apartments; for it seemed the abode of dirt and poverty, yet it was a large building.

  • It is not a large building, being only fifty-three feet square, but is very beautiful and the entire exterior is covered with plates of gold.

  • At the other end of the inclosure is a large building known as the mint, where the first rupees were coined.

  • And he expects soon to erect a large building in which he can set up the new looms and accommodate a much larger number of pupils.

  • Back of the City Hall is a large building, called American Museum.

  • On an elevation, near Jefferson's Rock, a large building, three stories high, has been erected.

  • It took place on the 15th October, in the Masonic Hall, a large building, erected by the freemasons of this place, whose basement story contains a very handsome hall, which serves for public entertainments.

  • Duncombe house looks well from the road--a large building, though I believe only two-thirds of the original design are completed.

  • The theatre is a large building with a gloomy exterior, but handsomely fitted up inside.

  • The Ottawa University is also a Roman Catholic institution, and has a large building in Wilbrod street.

  • Knox College, Presbyterian, is situated a short distance north of the University, and is a large building, in the Collegiate-Gothic style.

  • His dwelling-house was a large building, three storeys high, with little turrets.

  • The counsellor now saw quite plainly a lamp, and a large building behind it; everything looked familiar and beautiful.

  • Near the coast were beautiful green forests, and close by stood a large building, whether a church or a convent she could not tell.

  • It is a large building, with a tower at each angle, and surrounds a paved court.

  • There is also a large building, which is in summer the scene of much festivity, and which commands an extensive and interesting prospect.

  • The town-house is a large building; its façade is 250 feet in length, and is composed of all the orders of architecture.

  • It is a large building in the decorated style, and consists of nave, transepts, and apsidal chancel, with a tower containing one bell, and surmounted by a slated spire 120 feet high.

  • Farther on are the remaining walls of a large building.

  • Ledja; there is no large building of any consequence here; but there are many private habitations.

  • Defn: A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.

  • An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).

  • A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp.

  • At a short distance from this I saw a large building which I concluded to be a military barrack or magazine, which was guarded by soldiers.

  • The orangery was a large building, the front of which was well covered with grape-vines in a prolific state.

  • The orangery is a large building, with Ionic columns and dark roofs; the trees appeared very healthy.

  • In the course of a short time, the remaining panels were duly restored to the light of day: these panels had once upon a time decorated the wooden gates of a large building, to which they were affixed.

  • During the short two months in which the excavators continued operations, a large building characterized by enormous buttresses and two round towers was brought to light.

  • The posada was a large building, the windows of which were well fenced with rejas, or iron grating: no light gleamed from them, and the silence of death not only seemed to pervade the house, but the street in which it was situated.

  • So he led me through various streets until we stopped before the gate of a large building, in one of the most elevated situations in Lisbon.

  • There I found the remains of a large building, which seemed to have been originally erected in the shape of a cross.

  • The Piggeries" was a large building in which the King of the Belgians had kept a fine breed of pigs.

  • In the garden were numerous huts, and in a large building in a street to the right of the Château was a billet which held a great number of men.

  • It was the courtyard of a large building, presumably a brewery.

  • Going out to the path from which we had turned off to reach this edifice, and proceeding upon it a short distance, we saw through the trees the corner of a large building, which proved to be a great parallelogram, enclosing a hollow square.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    large amounts; large areas; large building; large characters; large cloak; large court; large creek; large enough; large excess; large forest; large onion; large plain; large profit; large proportion; large salt; large section; large stone; large sum; large tablespoonful; large trade; largely because; larger measure; larger size; long suit; make out; still possible