Example sentences of "was filled with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kitchen was filled with glorious smells of baking and Angus , with languid largesse , said he would n't notice if we ate a slice or two of his raisin bread , or of his apple and walnut . |
| 2 | On the one hand she was filled with total elation at the prospect of soon having Kirsty with her . |
| 3 | The office , which displayed portraits of both the last president and the new one , was filled with stale air . |
| 4 | The lull between performances was filled with much chatter , hilarity and friendly comradeship which always seem to accompany Medau gatherings . |
| 5 | As Eva went into the hostels she realised the Salvation Army was not there to turn people into converts , but that their work must be an extension of Christ 's love : " Jesus Christ did n't say to the man who was filled with many devils — the schizophrenic — " If you follow me I 'll cure you . |
| 6 | A band was playing and the room was filled with chattering groups , waiters gliding between them with trays of fruit juice and champagne-filled glasses , others with canapés . |
| 7 | The living area was filled with personal belongings , a library of yellowing books , charts , old photographs , pre-decimal coins , a pair of binoculars , even a half full pot of paint with well hardened brush ! |
| 8 | Fred was filled with simple gratitude . |
| 9 | Below , a tightly-packed steel chamber , dark but for a few naked bulbs , was filled with squat metal ten-gallon drums . |
| 10 | But she was filled with such tenderness that she cradled his head as he lay against her breasts and whispered , ‘ I 'm sorry , my darling , I 'm sorry … ’ |
| 11 | Møn was filled with such examples of co-operation , they said . |
| 12 | As he galloped away , Anabelle was filled with such joy that she just could n't help singing … |
| 13 | The hollow in her stomach was filled with scattered feathers . |
| 14 | Sometimes conditions could be even worse : Godwin , for example , describes a London court where ‘ the basement story of nearly all the houses was filled with foetid refuse , of which it had been the receptacle for years ’ , and one water barrel of 50 to 60 gallons is intended to serve two houses , containing between them at least a hundred people . |
| 15 | Her mind was filled with all sorts of romantic images — like all brides . |
| 16 | The second , where I was held , was filled with Amal prisoners taken in the fighting and with local Lebanese hostages . |
| 17 | The barn was filled with harvested crops , leaving only the threshing floor clear . |
| 18 | The town was filled with disbanded soldiery from Menelik 's army , and on the hills outside were camped the armies of the various contenders for power . |
| 19 | She persisted in her relationship with the new recipe book ; the kitchen at Greystones was filled with strange aromas . |
| 20 | But now she could see the charm , could read the meaning , of the observer 's role , a meaning inaccessible to a sixteen-year-old , to a thirty-year-old — for the observer was not , as she had from the vantage , the disadvantage of childhood supposed , charged with an envious and impotent malice , and consumed with a fear of imminent death : no , the observer was filled and informed with a quick and lively and long-established interest in all those that passed before , in all those that moved and circled and wheeled around , was filled with intimate connections and loving memories and hopes and concerns and prospects . |
| 21 | Googol 's voice was filled with black wonder , with a fearful admiration , a certain desolation of the heart , and yes , a horror that nevertheless coursed thrillingly through his nerves . |
| 22 | Each of the blank pages at the back of the book was filled with similar phrases . |
| 23 | Colchester 's Southway Jobcentre was filled with 31 stalls offering information on various Department of Employment schemes , including the small amount known about programmes announced in the Budget . |
| 24 | Her mouth was filled with bilious acids that her stomach had sent up in sympathy . |
| 25 | An intermission was filled with several games of bingo and the day was rounded off with cream tea . |
| 26 | A pool , still empty , was filled with last year 's yellowing leaves from a nearby orange tree . |
| 27 | The air was filled with sublime music and the sound of burning wood was like the soft crackle of melting ice . |
| 28 | While the rest of the courtroom was filled with excited anticipation , covert but gloating , the faces of the Frankensteins were all gloomy . |
| 29 | Yet when the project was launched in 1985 , Darlington 's rail corridor was filled with derelict buildings , rubble and rubbish a view of the town enjoyed by seven million travellers every year . |
| 30 | The fireplace itself was filled with grey ash and cigarette butts . |