Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [art] room " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Doctor stalked about the room , or fiddled with the door , or argued with the guards , the three others had sat on the floor and exchanged their stories . |
| 2 | The child slept , sated with the wagon-restaurant food , and Albert mooched about the room and fought with the bed-sized pillow that the Swiss take to be practical as an eiderdown . |
| 3 | It was n't until after he had gone to bed that Willie asked about the room . |
| 4 | By similar arrangement with the CPR next year I travelled to Montreal and , not knowing the city , asked for a room in the CPR hotel which turned out to be the St. Viger . |
| 5 | They entered and asked for a room for the night and a meal of cold meat and beer , which they ate in the bar . |
| 6 | They passed through a room furnished only by a great oak table and two benches . |
| 7 | The silence welled through the room . |
| 8 | He frowned as he moved about the room . |
| 9 | Craig moved about the room lightly , he was surprisingly deft for a big man and as Hari watched him cut the bread into silly thin slices , she smiled . |
| 10 | She kept her face turned away as she moved about the room , and looked stony . |
| 11 | But today the eyes were vibrant with an anticipatory light and Lady Merchiston sat up against her pillows , her glance alternately flicking to the window and following her companion as she moved about the room , tidying up . |
| 12 | He got up and moved about the room , picking up ornaments and moving restlessly from one side to the other . |
| 13 | He ranged about the room uneasily and leaned to her ear again : ‘ Waste of time ! |
| 14 | He paced about the room , his heels echoing on the marble . |
| 15 | Instead he paced about the room . |
| 16 | A couple of minutes later Chatterton zimmered into the room . |
| 17 | She charged into the room and threw herself at him , punching him hard with her small , clenched fists . |
| 18 | Still rigid with the horror of her nightmare , she heaved herself up in bed as the door flew open and Penry charged into the room at a run , his hair on end and his chest bare . |
| 19 | Suddenly Bridget erupted into the room , calling Loretta 's name in a terrifying loud whisper . |
| 20 | Six of them were clacking away at various speeds when the door of the classroom opened and Matthew Preston erupted into the room . |
| 21 | An easement of music rose into the room . |
| 22 | When the caretaker eventually ventured into the room the following day , all was as usual . |
| 23 | Then I went to work in another factory as a machinist and I moved into a room with the child . |
| 24 | As he moved into the room he was aware of Massingham behind him , alert , already drawing on his gloves but , for him , unnaturally subservient , pacing quietly behind his chief like a recently qualified houseman deferentially attendant on the consultant . |
| 25 | He sighed and moved into the room . |
| 26 | Watching her in the mirror , Charlie moved into the room and half-closed the door behind him . |
| 27 | We moved into the room beside the hall . |
| 28 | When Lyddy folded back the shutters in the morning , bright cold winter sunlight bounced into the room like an explosion . |
| 29 | She climbed the stairs and peered into the room she had chosen for Rodney and herself . |
| 30 | A peculiar head slowly rose from the hole and peered into the room with patient animal scrutiny . |