Example sentences of "[art] only [noun sg] [prep] the room " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only person in the room Dyson recognized was de Sousa , the producer , and he seemed to be the least important of them all . |
| 2 | Erm , the only person in the room standing , er the only person in the room holding a book , erm you know , the , the , the er sole American in the room . |
| 3 | Erm , the only person in the room standing , er the only person in the room holding a book , erm you know , the , the , the er sole American in the room . |
| 4 | ‘ You happen to be occupying the only sofa-bed in the room , young lady , and I need it — ’ |
| 5 | The only brightness in the room was in her dark old eyes , that stared at me . |
| 6 | The man was sitting behind the single wooden desk that was , in addition to three chairs , the only furniture in the room . |
| 7 | Apart from her , the only item in the room that did n't look old and obsolete was the computer over which the three men were crouched , talking earnestly . |
| 8 | My father reached forward to the only chair in the room , a small wooden one , and placing both hands on its back , brought himself to his feet . |
| 9 | She perched herself uncomfortably on the only chair in the room as he sat down on the bed . |
| 10 | She sits on the only chair in the room , by the night table . |
| 11 | He would have asked her to sit down but as he was occupying the only chair in the room he could n't . |
| 12 | It was the only decoration in the room , a picture that hangs over thousands of mantelpieces , bought in a chain store . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The hum of the electric fire was the only sound in the room . |
| 15 | The rustling of Spittals ' hands , one across the other , backwards and forwards , was the only sound in the room apart from a demented fly . |
| 16 | The only sound in the room was the continued throb of rock music from the flat above . |
| 17 | The reverberations fade until the only sound in the room is our breathing , slowing down . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The only light in the room came from the street lamps which vaguely illuminated one corner of the room but left the rest in shadow . |
| 20 | David had lit two squat candles stuck in pottery sticks , and they provided the only light in the room . |
| 21 | That was Fiona , in the bed , on the bed , covers half off , the only light in the room coming from a little candle by the bedside , her hair spilled on the pillow ( the other pillow was on the floor ) … and that was Lachlan Watt , wrapped round her , body bucking like some horse , his hands at her neck , at one breast , in her hair , cupping her neck ; the covers sliding off , Fiona putting her arms wide , clutching at the bottom sheet of the bed at one side , clutching the edge of the bedside table with the other . |