Example sentences of "back [prep] [art] hall " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the back of the hall a handicapped woman sat quietly in a wheelchair and a man paced up and down , a tiny Down 's syndome baby gurgling in his arms . |
| 2 | We even had space for a refreshment area behind the muffle boards at the back of the hall . |
| 3 | But it is a little thin now , and it only just reached the back of the hall . |
| 4 | Voice from the back of the hall : ‘ Jeannie MacPherson 's a whure . ’ |
| 5 | When Jean returned from the Ladies there was no sign of either of them , for at the end of the dance they had slipped unnoticed out of one of the wide-open fire exits and around the back of the hall where only courting couples went . |
| 6 | Looking at the audience , you may find that only those in the first five rows are alert and interested — the next five rows are straining forward , probably frowning , while the people in the back of the hall have given up and are doing their best to hide the fact that they are nodding off . |
| 7 | Read it again to be heard by eight or ten adults in your sitting-room , and again to be heard in a big hall , allowing time for your voice to travel to the back of the hall . |
| 8 | He slipped quietly to the back of the hall , catching sight of Nancy and Dr Little and acknowledged their presence with a slight gesture of his hand . |
| 9 | Mr Peters looked towards the back of the hall in surprise . |
| 10 | ‘ Has anyone seen Christine or Robert King ? ’ she asked , turning to the others who were sitting at the back of the hall . |
| 11 | At the back of the hall a flight of stairs led down to the servants ' kitchen . |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't got any teeth ’ , one old man at the back of the hall retorted . |
| 13 | Mrs Frizzell snatched up her property , tried wildly to wrap the books in the remains of the paper bag , dropped one of them , picked it up and fled to the cloak-room at the back of the hall , followed by the titters and sniggers of not a few ladies who , knowing the reason for her purchase of the books , could well have rescued her from her predicament , but saw no reason to do so . |
| 14 | ‘ Some guy she was seeing , who was messing her around , had just walked into the back of the hall . |
| 15 | As the conference afternoon wore on , two Gardai were noticed at the back of the hall standing , ears bent listening to the speeches . |
| 16 | Fingers of light poke about in the back of the hall , casting Spiritualized 's five members ( plus Will Gregory on sax ) as shadow puppets in an incredibly static play . |
| 17 | There were people dancing right at the back of the hall . |
| 18 | He went out through the glazed garden door at the back of the hall . |
| 19 | Then a man at the back of the hall began to clap , and someone else joined in . |
| 20 | So was the welcoming goombay beat pounded out by two drummers and a guitarist at the back of the hall . |
| 21 | When young she admired Victoria de los Angeles and Jusi Bjoerling , but found their singing so moving that ‘ I 'd start to weep , the body can hardly stand it ’ , and so would sit at the back of the hall . |
| 22 | Charles was sitting at the back of the hall with Malcolm Harris , and kept feeling the author tense as another of his speeches was chopped up and destroyed . |
| 23 | Towards the end of the second act , the door beside him opened and a woman slipped in to the back of the hall . |
| 24 | He caught her towards him and kissed her until she was breathless , and even in her daze she heard Candace 's high heels clicking angrily across the back of the hall . |
| 25 | It was almost time for her mistress 's luncheon , and she went towards the back of the hall to the breakfast parlour , one of the few rooms still in use , to see if Mrs Diggory had as yet laid out the tray . |
| 26 | With which she stalked across the back of the hall to her little parlour opposite , and slammed herself into it . |
| 27 | He had been looking down into her face , lit by the candle he carried , but some sound had turned his eyes to the back of the hall . |
| 28 | Theda stood her ground , aware of Taggy hovering on the stairs behind her , the listening ears of the maids above , and Adam Diggory 's unseen shadow at the back of the hall . |
| 29 | A long-serving backbencher ( and amateur detective who had recently helped to unmask the murderer of a woman MP whose body had been found hanging in a House of Commons lift ) , he sat uncomfortably at the back of the hall . |
| 30 | Here he caught sight of Aziz the janitor , who was standing at the back of the hall with his mop and bucket . |