Example sentences of "[was/were] only room " in BNC.

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1 There was only room for one at the top and he was it .
2 He 'd gathered his life around him like a cloak in which there was only room enough for one .
3 Needless to say there was only room for one .
4 For the record , then , here are six skylines which for me crystallise the quality of the whole 50 I completed ( though in the end there was only room for 45 ) .
5 There was only room for the monkey .
6 Ruth went first with Adam , manhandling him in ; the roof was a cracked slab wedged at an angle , and there was only room to stand .
7 There was only room in each circle for a set number of species .
8 And in the storm of emotion that threatened to overwhelm her there was only room for one thought .
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