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They generally lived in one-storied houses built around large courtyards and furnished in Turkish fashion.
Yugoslavia. 2009
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The dwelling was a substantially built brick one-storied house, with a deep green verandah surrounding it, as a protection from the snow in winter and the heat in summer.
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It consisted of a small, one-storied house, that seemed almost sunk into the ground, with a slanting wooden roof, and four dingy windows in the front.
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It consisted of a small, one-storied house, that seemed almost sunk into the ground, with a slanting wooden roof, and four dingy windows in the front.
Punin and Baburin 2006
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At last comes the manor-house, a one-storied building on a brick foundation, with greenish window-panes in narrow frames, a sloping, once painted roof, a little balcony from which the vases of the balustrade are always jutting out, a crooked gable, and a husky old dog in the recess under the steps at the door.
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Tarnel had her own small house in the "one-storied America," an industrial city of Richmond that is on the way to Oakland.
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Over one hundred London scholars and fans from USA, Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Russian and Morocco, gathered in the halls of the cozy one-storied hotel "Flamingo" to share their findings and achievements in the study of the life and art of Jack London.
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At Shupanga, a one-storied stone house stands on the prettiest site on the river.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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It was bordered with squat, one-storied houses of stone; there were many small flowering trees.
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The houses are cubes, or oblong squares, varying from 10 to 100 feet in length, according to the wealth and dignity of the owner; all are one-storied, and a few are raised on switch foundations.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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