Example sentences of "have a room to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra charge is for the convenience of having a room to oneself . |
| 2 | Did Mr Oakley mean he was going to have a room to himself ? |
| 3 | She had a room to herself , and showed me her built-in dressing-table , wardrobe , and cupboards . |
| 4 | I had a room to myself but , because fuel was rationed , there was no heating in it , and so in my time off I was forced to sit with Mr and Mrs Webster . |
| 5 | Apparently one even had a room to oneself . |
| 6 | In Holland , he reported that ‘ there are so many rooms , that each prisoner is kept separate ’ ; in Switzerland felons had a room to themselves ‘ that they might not tutor one another ’ . |
| 7 | After the Macleods ' modest grandeur and great hospitality , Raasay House became a hotel , and now the bare boards of the Adventure School thud with young feet ; they sleep in bunks and merry community where Johnson had a room to himself , which , as he told Mrs Thrale , ‘ in eleven rooms to forty people was more than my share ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Every time ’ — she bobbed her head at him ‘ especially when you have a room to yourself and a decent job ahead . |