Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the room [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ . |
| 2 | He went hastily towards the door ; he did n't want Martin to come into the room because then he might break down and say things about his mother that were best left unsaid . |
| 3 | Only three of the 16-strong team were let in the room while the Queen recorded . |
| 4 | She paused and allowed her gaze to wander round the room before she said , ‘ I hate the authorities and their bits of paper . ’ |
| 5 | Now , she was walking across the room when she farted , and her father said , ‘ Did you whisper ? ’ |
| 6 | Elderly men clammed up when Barley asked questions in the presence of his assistant , who was felt to be too young ; men rushed howling from the room when he casually asked about circumcision in a sister 's presence . |
| 7 | Cedric made it worse , because at each rasping expulsion he would look round enquiringly at his back end then gambol about the room as though the fugitive zephyr was clearly visible to him and he was determined to corner it . |
| 8 | If the door is shut and the door knob is too hot you are advised not to go into the room since it will be too late to save your child and you risk causing a fireball . |
| 9 | He looked pale and serious as his eyes scampered round the room until they found the telephone . |
| 10 | She has also been told that she must not remain in the room after 11:30pm and that the campus is off limits for her 18-month-old miniature dachshund . |
| 11 | If the room is shared , a member of staff should always remain in the room until the body is removed and warn the other occupants so that they can decide whether to pay their respects or to stay away until the body is removed . |
| 12 | He knew what it meant that Marcus should stay in the room whilst Bill managed for three consecutive hours to make a series of acceptably banal factual observations . |
| 13 | Some furs were stolen from the room while the plaintiffs were out , and the plaintiffs sued the hotel . |
| 14 | I 'd hardly gone into the room when there was a cry as a woman found you slumped in a seat . ’ |
| 15 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 16 | A stunned silence fell upon the room as they focused their attention on what they thought was princess Voluptua . |
| 17 | A hush fell over the room as the gathered guests looked on . |
| 18 | He stared across the room as Winterton entered . |
| 19 | Pascoe looked around the room as though he were checking to see whether he 'd left anything behind . |
| 20 | Examination had also revealed several hooded eyes in the head , torso and arms ; all connected by a massive circuitry of unexplainable nerves and sinew which , although with no brain to relay messages still saw them , still swivelled and watched them move about the room as they examined it . |
| 21 | Perhaps he 'll come into the room when Nick 's fast asleep and bend over me and say , ‘ Well , girl , how 's my sister ? ’ |
| 22 | Ian edged into the room as though not quite knowing what to expect . |
| 23 | Just three of the 16-strong team — which included four outside contractors — were allowed in the room when the Queen actually recorded her speech . |
| 24 | His gaze wandered round the room as though he were looking for someone . |
| 25 | She shot into the room as though pursued by demons , not even hearing Ellen 's murmured , ‘ I 'll return later , my lady . ’ |
| 26 | They had a tiny room on the ground floor lit by a small leaded window and heated by an open fire from which as much smoke seemed to blow into the room as went up the chimney . |
| 27 | Then she hurried from the room before they could rise and trickle down her cheeks . |
| 28 | He stood in the room while I changed . |
| 29 | His wife , Rosemary , was sleeping in the room when the bomb exploded , blowing a hole in the floor , but she and three children in the room next door were unhurt . |
| 30 | But it could n't be working in the room if we had control of the numbers though . |