Preposition: for

• year: Their patient feared contamination by bodily fluids and had been housebound for two years.

Infinitive complement

• take: To encourage the housebound to take part in community activities.

Modifies a noun

• Londoner: Each week Food Chain volunteers gather at six kitchens to cook and deliver tasty, healthy meals to housebound Londoners affected by HIV.

• patient: District Nurses For housebound patients, there is a District Nursing service based at the Health Center.

• resident: Home visits to housebound residents are also still available.

• reader: Also runs a library book delivery service for housebound readers.

• people: Meals on Wheels Deliver hot meals to 400 disabled & elderly housebound people in Brighton & Hove 365 days a year.

• person: In the case of the housebound person the notice will have to be taken at home.

Modifying Another Word

• virtually: I'm virtually housebound for the rest of my life, " she told the District Court in Brisbane.

• totally: There is also a restricted home visit service for those who are totally housebound.

• otherwise: We are also able to carry out home visits to disabled, elderly or otherwise housebound individuals.

• either: Of the 12 people who died in 2002/03, three had recognized mobility problems and were either housebound or regularly used walking aids.

• normally: These include giving lifts to hospitals or doctors ' surgeries, or even just for a social visit for someone who is normally housebound.

• often: Her health was poor and kept her in Colombier, often housebound.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Now retired, Professor Cross recently became housebound in his personal battle against cancer.

• leave: Heartless 3:14pm today DISABLED people have been left housebound after " irresponsible idiots " stole parts from a community minibus.

• include: All our patients are seen routinely 6 months including housebound.