Example sentences of "room [coord] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the Edwardians called ‘ boy-life ’ had its own kind of ‘ clubbable ’ logic whether amongst the ‘ Old Boys ’ of the Long Room or on the terraces of Old Trafford . |
| 2 | Drinks are served in the dining room or on the terrace which offers lovely views across the lake . |
| 3 | Dinner is an event ; after a pre-prandial drink ( included in the price of the meal ) is taken in the library or drawing room or on the patio , you are led into the dining room for a candlelit dinner . |
| 4 | That works in industry , where many of the most cost-effective environmental initiatives have come from those closest to the opportunities , in the office print room or on the shop floor . |
| 5 | Sir Richard Steel wrote in the Tatler ‘ When I came into the Coffee House , I had not time to salute the company before my eye was diverted to 10,000 gimcracks round the room and on the ceiling ’ . |
| 6 | There were eight women at the meeting that night , sitting hunched about the room and on the floor . |
| 7 | When appointed national captain in 1987 , Hill made the mistake of trying to inspire a fire and brimstone reign , unleashing all of his ultra competitive traits in the dressing room and on the pitch . |
| 8 | She had to wear a brace for many years before she was well enough to walk with two sticks , and I still carry in my mind the picture of her trying to walk around the room and on the landing , hobbling in her iron braces . |
| 9 | Mime ( in Les Misérables ) , a big leading role ( Professor Higgins ) , a virtuoso turn ( as an American businessman in Youth At The Helm , he had impressed everyone by talking into five telephones at once — everybody in Taibach talked about it : Cis heard accounts ‘ up and down the street ’ ) , work on the radio and , above all , those scrupulous sessions in Ma Smith 's front room and on the high hills , schoolteacher and pupil , two sons of miners in Wales , striving to speak the language of Shakespeare faultlessly . |
| 10 | The boy left the room and on the way he turned the light on . |
| 11 | You may go in the staff room and on the round table there is two sheets of paper , one 's yours and one 's David , bring it to me . |
| 12 | I 've waited and watched outside your rooms and on the stairs . |