At first, Mr. Davidson didn't want to tackle the master bathroom, even though he hated its green tiles, the sinks shoved in one corner and the toilet standing in the middle of the room.

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As soon as she walks in a room, she flushes the toilet to make sure it is operational and checks grout lines in the tub and shower for a solid clean seal.

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The simplest consist of a single room with a sink in the corner and a toilet behind a partition.

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He said he was looking for a toilet when he took a wrong turn and found himself in the changing room.

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He said he threw open the balcony door and screamed for help, put on his prosthetic legs and tried to kick in the door to the separate room inside the bathroom containing the toilet.

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After dinner, Lord Rennard offered to escort her up the stairs to the bedrooms, and she attempted to get away by going to the toilet - but he waited outside and asked her to join him for a drink in his room when she came out, she said.

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The investigation into Weston and her alleged co-conspirators began when the four adults were found in October 2011 locked in the sub-basement room with no food and only a bucket for a toilet.

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When the train stopped at a station in that country, the police dragged Narayana off the train and put him in a small eight-foot-by-eight-foot room with a cold stone floor and a hole in the corner that served as a toilet.

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