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

No	Sentence
1	There was very little noise as no-one had arrived — between twenty and thirty people were in the room — and we had this teeny stereo system about as big as a transistor radio for music .
2	A group of revolutionary officers had been drinking and were in the room with her , some in a state of undress .
3	Two young women were in the room ; one was reading a magazine , the other was stuffing herself into a tight corset of black vinyl that appeared to be a part of a stylised nun 's costume .
4	She called Alexandra ‘ Charlotte ’ and spoke of far off things , but of Richard even more often , usually as if he were in the room with her .
5	In addition to yourself , how many other officers were in the room ?
6	How many people were in the room ?
7	The work on subliminal learning does n't work Okay , Brown suggests that you bring a c wardrobe of cuddly toys and mementoes and things like that that were in the room when you were learning , context dependent learning .
8	When we were in the room it smelled , cos Si , Dave , Jolly .
9	but I mean , him and Joe were in the room at the same time .
10	These were from the room of Evelyn Bond .
11	Jo-Ann and Maximilian and Willoughby were across the room , where visitors always sat .
12	They were across the room when Felipe came in , and Maggie was standing alone .
13	He moved his pelvis strongly against her own until she squirmed in his arms , then somehow they were across the room and he was forcing her down among the silk cushions of the four-poster , fingers already lifting the thin wool sweater beneath her unbuttoned jacket , seeking the pulsing softness of her breasts with the mark of desire across his face .
14	Nobody else was in the room .
15	A stranger that was addressed by him would imagine he was talking to someone else , or if no other person was in the room , would stare about him , wondering what the fellow was talking to .
16	Attention would only be conditionally offered to Ollie if Stan was in the room , and if the family were enjoying a quiet cuddle with Stan , he would have to be rejected in favour of Ollie if he appeared .
17	Nobody even noticed I was in the room !
18	When Adrian writes ‘ Nobody even noticed I was in the room ! ’ with its exclamation mark of outrage at the end , part of us says ‘ Of course they did n't notice .
19	‘ We went into this basement and smashed up loads of glasses , tables , chairs — anything that was in the room — and recorded it , ’ whispers bearded , bass-playing vocalist Neil .
20	Artemis knew it was him before she saw him , because even before he was in the room everyone stood up , and Nanny as always straightened Artemis 's dress , tugging at the back .
21	Andrew 's head was nearly bursting with the deadly anger in him , half-suffocated by it as he became aware that someone else was in the room .
22	Peering again at the list of medications , she started to say something to Elinor , then stopped short , remembering that Adam was in the room .
23	Grace 's mother was in the room now , and she was looking out of the window with her husband and daughter .
24	He did it automatically whenever a guard was in the room .
25	Bradman says it was Fingleton , Fingleton said it was Bradman , and Leo O'Brien ( the 12th man ) further confused the issue by revealing in a recent interview with Wisden Cricket Monthly that neither Bradman nor Fingleton was in the room at the time of the exchange , but ( former Australian Test players ) Ryder and Kippax , who were both reporting the matches in one way or another , were . ’
26	I had to know exactly where he was in the room .
27	I could n't do anything if he was in the room .
28	Adam lay still , his eyes closed , not wanting to alert whoever was in the room .
29	The Robemaker was in the room with them .
30	‘ I ca n't believe that I never stopped to think that Amber , four , was in the room , too , when I started punching her father , ’ Gail recalls .