Example sentences of "floor [was/were] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The floor was of bare earth , and a ring of wooden poles supported the roof . |
| 2 | The floor was of ancient stone slabs , hard on the feet , from which in winter there seemed to rise a damp , foot-numbing miasma . |
| 3 | The floor was of mellow golden stone . |
| 4 | The floor was of black and red quarry tiles and there were racks on the walls for the guns but these , of course , had gone , Hilbert 's two shot-guns had gone , one buried in the Little Wood , the other in his bedroom at home in Edgware , zipped up in an old golf-bag under the bed . |
| 5 | The floor was of black and white marble tile , some of them cracked and none of them even . |
| 6 | The floor was of pale , unpolished wood and there was a brightly coloured rug on it , with a pattern of stripes and a fringe at either end . |
| 7 | The floor was of beaten earth , the walls washed white with lime to keep off the flies . |
| 8 | The floor was of cracked tiles , and in several places pale weeds grew from the cracks . |
| 9 | The floor was of polished wood and the new wainscoting bore elaborate designs : vines , strange flowers , and exotic creatures such as dragons and wyverns . |
| 10 | The floor was of polished cedar wood and I glanced round enviously at the stools covered with red satin and silver tassels : ‘ T.C. ’ , Wolsey 's personal monogram , was everywhere , sometimes a foot high in carved gold . |