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‘A grandfather may have a house.’

[⟨det grandfather.nhave.v ⟨det house.n⟩]

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After his father’s death in 1720, Johan Ihre was raised in the house of his grandfather Archbishop Mattias Stechius in Uppsala, and studied at Uppsala University, where he completed his “magister” degree in 1730.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I rented a utility dolley to move it from my grandfather’s house, so I recommend that you do the same.
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Annie visited Tyre recently: she took those pictures of what is left of my grandfather’s house.
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The family is going to be gathering at my grandfather’s house in Easley.
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I don’t think I’ve blogged about this yet, but a recent project of me and my husband’s has been to get his parents to my grandfather’s old house out on the Gloucester coastline.
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Her grandfather had a very nice house, and it was within spitting distance of the beach.
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Corry is a keen supporter of Scarborough FC, having first been taken to watch the club as a child, when his grandfather had a house in the town.
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There, Nina goes to her grandfather’s house, where she’ll be without electricity and telephone, in the beginning.
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Baxter was born at Rowton, in Shropshire, at the house of his maternal grandfather.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

(anyone knows a good science tutor?)? after that I went to my grandfather’s house. received presents / angbaos. blahblahblahblahblah.? one thing which really made me want to stab myself and the whole world was the three XBDS (xiao bu dians) is going to the Zoo on thurday but I cannot go, cause school ended really late and I have music lesson after.?
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E. in the village of Suriaymoolai in the house of his maternal grandfather, near Kumbakonam in present – day Tamil Nadu.
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Roger Dodsworth’ “(15851654), English antiquary, was born at Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk, near Helmsley, Yorkshire, in the house of his maternal grandfather, Ralph Sandwith.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When I recollect my childhood, spent chiefly in the house of my grandfather, Sir Francis, and all the interests which accompanied those early days, I find myself once more amongst those deep and tender distances.
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But when they would come home from their grandfather’s house, they would laugh at their father, Joseph, saying,’ ’ does the Vizier of Egypt not know the proper way to wash his hands?
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A male – line descendant of Genghis Khan, Walikhanuli was born at the house of his grandfather, Wali Khan, whose own grandfather was Ablai Khan, the great khan of the Middle jz.
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He has been living in the house of his grandfather, Samuel Colorado, which is located at the bottom of Grand Canyon.
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Other than that, or on rare occasions when we were taken to church, when staying at my grandfather’s house, I never heard her sing, in public or private.
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Ian now lives in the house of Danny’s deceased grandfather, which was leased to him by Danny’s Aunt Pegg, in gratitude for looking after him.
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Rabbi Horowitz was brought up in the house of his maternal grandfather, and in 1928 he married his cousin Chana Miriam Sima, the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz.
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Queried on 2013-05-18.