Example sentences of "only sound [prep] the room " in BNC.

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1 He did not speak in the room , allowing his clothes to fall on to the floor in the darkness , waiting for some stir or sign from Rose , but the only sound in the room was the brushing of his own clothes falling in the darkness .
2 The hum of the electric fire was the only sound in the room .
3 The rustling of Spittals ' hands , one across the other , backwards and forwards , was the only sound in the room apart from a demented fly .
4 The only sound in the room was the continued throb of rock music from the flat above .
5 The reverberations fade until the only sound in the room is our breathing , slowing down .
6 For some time the only sound in the room was that of her choking sobs and his comforting murmur as he continued to tenderly stroke her hair .
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