Example sentences of "[was/were] filled with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A road runs the length of Spurn Head from the Observatory to the Point and soon the small beaches and dune slopes were filled with the bucket-and-spade brigade . |
| 2 | She was filled with the greatest apprehension about the next couple of days . |
| 3 | But the dark night was filled with the metallic throbbing of insects , waves on the sand , and she got up and stood naked on the balcony . |
| 4 | At once his mind was filled with the awful picture of his wife lying in the hearth , the petrol-sodden nightclothes clinging to her body . |
| 5 | At once the room was filled with the sweet , fresh smell of mint . |
| 6 | The night was fine and the room was filled with the sweet smell of the flowers outside . |
| 7 | The rain had stopped and the air was filled with the sweet smell of freshly washed earth . |
| 8 | The kitchen was filled with the soft cosy glow of candlelight , as there were two lit candles on the mantelpiece and another on the table . |
| 9 | The basement was filled with the hoarse and ragged sound of monstrous breathing . |
| 10 | Outside the café the night sky was filled with the pale light of a ripening moon , invisible from here except as a shimmer on the quiet ocean . |
| 11 | In winter time the stoking of the fires required enormous quantities of wood , so that the Palace was filled with the constant coming and going of footmen , carriers of water or carriers of wood . |
| 12 | The air was filled with the sweetish , rotting odour of a paper mill . |
| 13 | His speech on the staircase at Conservative headquarters in Smith Square was filled with the proper pleasure of achievement but was not gloating or exultant . |
| 14 | Now this — Ruth Cohen and her stolen file , and I was filled with the same strange , tingling excitement . |