Example sentences of "[to-vb] in the [adj] room " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Finn , she believed that Lydia had now relented , mistaking her lack of interest for compliance , which led to further misunderstandings at bedtime when Lydia told Finn that he was to sleep in the tiny room where she kept the oil lamps which was furnished with a camp bed and sleeping-bag . |
| 2 | I had to sleep in the same room as loads of them on account of we said I was his secretary . ’ |
| 3 | Less than an hour later they were back in number twenty-six , and she was so tired that she was past worrying about having to sleep in the same room but , confronted by the reality of the limited space , two small beds and a very large , powerful man , her nervous fears came back like a river in full spate . |
| 4 | Her father has to sleep in the same room since he has to attend to her during the night when she may need a bed pan up to four times . |
| 5 | Giving the mother a small job to do in the same room as the child during the meal will help distract her . |
| 6 | We do n't want to go in the other room and watch the nasties do we ? |
| 7 | Cos there 's too many of us to go in the little room . |
| 8 | They have to sit in the one room , wearing extra jumpers , watching television . |
| 9 | These symptoms were present most of the time , but became much worse if Sheila drove the car , used certain aerosol sprays , or had to sit in the same room as someone wearing perfume or aftershave . |
| 10 | He rebuffed suggestions politely , and allowed long silences to spread in the little room like ripples from some very stony stone descending . |
| 11 | Although Jessamy still felt a little sorry for Eleanor , she did n't want to stay in the same room as her . |
| 12 | So furious was she , in fact , that she felt it wiser not to stay in the same room with him . |
| 13 | Could n't he bear to stay in the same room ? |
| 14 | ‘ I prefer to eat in the other room , ’ he announced briskly . |
| 15 | And he used to sort of ask you questions you know , sort of sit there and pick on you and if he knew you did n't have the faintest idea what he was going on about he 'd ask you all the more , see , and if you could n't answer it , he used to come up to you , look at you , would n't say nothing , give you this funny look and tell you to get in the next room . |
| 16 | He leaned back in his seat , casually turning his head to take in the whole room . |