Example sentences of "a room for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the Dewhurst Stakes , you felt sorry for his opponents and if he had been a man coming into a room for the first time , the rest of us would have looked round anxiously to see our wives ' reaction . |
| 2 | He earned his living with exhibitions of his work , in Ambleside at home and in Keswick , where he rented a room for the purpose ; and he also exhibited in Manchester on occasions . |
| 3 | There was space enough for an office for the two solicitors , a room for the visiting advocates from Edinburgh to work in , and a meeting room for talking to parents , specialist advisers , and witnesses . |
| 4 | He took himself furiously to an inn , had breakfast there and reserved a room for the night ; it was too expensive for him to stay long . |
| 5 | They entered and asked for a room for the night and a meal of cold meat and beer , which they ate in the bar . |
| 6 | She sat in the front room of her house ( Arcadia Villas , Bed and Breakfast ) pouring tea for the wickedly handsome young man on the sofa , who had taken a room for the entire run of the pantomime . |
| 7 | I also set up a room for the program under review , so I can just click at the side of the screen and move to it . |
| 8 | No matter whether a hotel offers full leisure centre facilities and a la carte restaurant or simple no-frills comfort , the main reason guests are there is because they need a room for the night . |
| 9 | But the woman 's insults rankled , as did her earlier insolence — for her contemptuous glance had raked Theda 's person when she had dared to ask at the Feathers for a room for the night . |
| 10 | ‘ Would there be any chance of a room for the night ? ’ |
| 11 | I get clues as to how a particular family organises its life , whether the room is a room for the whole family or a , a room that 's perhaps excludes children or a room that 's for best , that kind of which not only tells you something about that particular family but , when you 've seen enough homes , tells you about general patterns that are going on in social life . |