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I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion that looked run-down and deserted.

Narration on the mansion · Sunset Boulevard (1950)

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion that looked run-down and deserted.

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At the end of the drive was a lovely sight indeed, a great big empty garage,

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1I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion that looked run-down and deserted .
In the sceneJoe sizes up the mansion at a glance: shabby, empty, and long past its prime.
Everyday exampleThe office was run-down and deserted after the move.
Everyday exampleI had landed myself in a meeting I could not leave.
2At the end of the drive was a lovely sight indeed, a great big empty garage,
3just standing there, going to waste.
4If ever there was a place to stash away a limping car with a hot license number.
5There was another occupant in that garage, an enormous, foreign-built automobile.
6It must have burned up ten gallons to a mile.
7I figured that's when the owners had moved out.
8And I also figured I couldn't go back to my apartment now that those bloodhounds were onto me.
9The idea was to get to Artie Green's and stay there until I could make that bus for Ohio.
10Once back in Dayton, I'd drop the credit boys a picture postcard, telling them where to pick up the jalopy .
11It was a great big white elephant of a place.
12A neglected house gets an unhappy look.
13This one had it in spades .

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