Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] the [adj] room " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got you in the common room I think anyway . |
| 2 | An emerald green leather footstool stands demurely by the fire ; a fakir 's brass sideboard from northern India gleams dimly against a wall ; two porcelain skunks chase one another across the landing ; a unique collapsible divan-cum-four-seater sofa edged in cadmium velvet welcomes you to the front room ; a vast oil portrait of a nineteenth-century munitions tycoon , casts a genial glow over the hall . |
| 3 | But if you return to the table , Sir , this time I can follow you to the right room . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , come inside and have a cup of tea , ’ she said , and showed me into the front room of the house . |
| 5 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 6 | After a word with his clerks , Henniker came with me into the other room . |
| 7 | ‘ But John Reed knocked me down and my aunt locked me in the red room , ’ I cried . |
| 8 | Instead he was still with the group when Jesus came and stood with them in the upper room ; he was still there , crucially , when Christ questioned him searchingly . |
| 9 | and put them in the spare room |
| 10 | Lock them in the other room . |
| 11 | Yeah take them in the front room then , take them out to erm |
| 12 | She found them in the Green Room . |
| 13 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |
| 14 | ‘ I fancy you , Matt , ’ Georgina said , leading him through the crowded room . |
| 15 | Sternly she dragged her thoughts and reactions under control , as Rune guided her through the crowded room towards the exit . |
| 16 | She started towing him towards the back room . |
| 17 | Pulling the door open further , Rune waved her towards the outer room and the telephone . |
| 18 | I think it was in my mind to ask Poppy to dance , to bring her into the lighted room and behave perfectly normally . |
| 19 | He picked her up and carried her into the front room . |
| 20 | Patrick followed her into the front room , his eyes taking in her home . |
| 21 | There was just enough time for Bobbie to make herself tidy before they called her into the front room . |
| 22 | As I follow her into the front room someone whispers to Rufus : ‘ She got him under her thumb , I think . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In here , ’ she said , leaving me to shut the front door , then follow her into the front room . |
| 24 | When she arrived , minus dogs this time , as they would have destroyed the solemnity — Flora showed her into the back room . |
| 25 | ’ We stopped her and took her into the back room where we found she was n't fat at all . |
| 26 | He ignored her enquiry so she hauled herself out , slipped on a long T-shirt and followed him into the other room . |
| 27 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 28 | And , following him into the spacious room , Folly could see exactly how faithfully the artist had carried out her patron 's — her lover 's ? — wishes . |
| 29 | She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed . |
| 30 | I pushed past him into the inner room . |