Down the street, outside some dwellings, groups of children were playing games.
He said communications were poor, but he had received reports that "some dwellings, houses etc have been collapsed due to the shake".
Conditions for real cottagers were nowhere near as whimsical: in 1864 a Methodist survey found in some dwellings "conditions as bad as those witnessed in the cabin of a negro in the swamps of a slave plantation".
The Roebourne report, released by the department of indigenous affairs last year, paint a stark picture of the town's problems: alcohol consumption three times the national average; a 12% high school completion rate; and some dwellings housing 15 to 20 people.
His work of construction, or, if it is preferred, of reconstruction, resembles to a great extent an archaeologist's excavation of some dwelling-place that has been destroyed and buried or of some ancient edifice.
Route 47 turns northwest as this intersection and runs through wooded areas with some dwellings, with Route 55 intersecting the route at a cloverleaf interchange a short distance later.
In some parishes, some dwellings had more than one household.
There is close proximity of some dwellings to roadways with consequent high noise exposures, but this occurs in nearly all cities: whether in Hong Kong, Europe or North America.
My confidence lies in knowing that it's not some city dwelling conservationist or some corporation looking to do good that wants to save them.
For some people, dwelling on child care is a 'soft news' story — frivolous.
He was probably relaxing in some luxurious dwelling beside a cosy open fire, wondering how he could further enrage Isis, while we all stood in the widdling rain.
