Example sentences of "room and [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ten o'clock ; he went into the outer room and muttered to the duty officer : ‘ I shall be at the pharmacy . ’ |
| 2 | When she reached Ruth 's area , she moved the screen out into the room and took off the shawls , flowers and bells . |
| 3 | Jo ran straight up to her room and fell on the bed . |
| 4 | I went back to my room and lay on the bed . |
| 5 | I returned to our room and lay on the bed next to my dear wife . |
| 6 | Sentences ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) illustrate the point : ( 2 ) He lay there listening to the noises not caring how time went but watching it and watching everything … ( 3 ) When the sunbeams struck into his room and quivered on the opposite wall through the rustling blinds like golden water he knew that evening was coming on , and that the sky was red and beautiful . |
| 7 | The RFFS person saw the crashed aircraft front he control room and drove to the scene in a spare vehicle . |
| 8 | The two poets talked together , the dogs slunk back into the room and fought under the window , the fire flickered . |
| 9 | He went downstairs to the rumpus room and rummaged behind the tiny bar , and , after digging through a seemingly endless collection of empty pop bottles , came up with half a bottle of rye and some ginger ale . |
| 10 | Her reaction was as though he 'd hit her in the face , then she recovered , left the room and walked into the kitchen at the end of the hall . |
| 11 | Rachaela left the room and walked into the bathroom . |
| 12 | He went into the room and walked past the rows of documentation too secret to be placed on computer disc . |
| 13 | She walked slowly back to her room and looked at the dress lying ready across the bed . |
| 14 | With a small grim smile of satisfaction , he went back to the utility room and looked at the power switches . |
| 15 | It was a big room and looked out the back . |
| 16 | After a moment , she crept out of her room and looked round the corner of the landing , down the stairs . |
| 17 | He chose to sleep in Three because it had the best view of the Jubilee Line , unobstructed by trees , and as he came into the room and crossed to the window , he saw beyond the garden and the trees and the rhubarb plantation a silver train speeding southwards . |
| 18 | He sat on the edge of the bed in his hotel room and waited for the phone to be answered . |
| 19 | Like one of the shambling dead , she left the room and returned to the main hall . |
| 20 | Without another word , he departed the room and returned to the study where Luther was waiting for him . |
| 21 | The first two soldiers had now crossed the room and dragged to the floor the men who were tied up . |
| 22 | As Nancy said these words , she left the room and ran down the stairs and out into the street once more . |
| 23 | The soldiers withdrew from the living room and went to the front of the house . |
| 24 | Seeing that Yet returned to the room and went behind the curtain to prepare us the meal Frankenstein had promised , he lowered his voice and continued , ‘ I bestow my gift of the secret of life upon mankind . |
| 25 | Rather than leave , Ruth crossed the threshold into the room and went inside the screen to her own area . |
| 26 | The drone buzzed curiously across the room and vanished behind the table , making its own checks on the Doctor 's health . |
| 27 | Then he realised who was standing at the top of the steps , and ducked behind the table a mere shaving of time before a short black dart sped across the room and thunked into the woodwork . |
| 28 | Cassie left the two of them in the sitting room and hurried into the kitchen to prepare the coffee . |
| 29 | Carver took the plastic rectangle , nodded , left the room and headed for the elevator . |
| 30 | He walked into the room and headed for the door , without looking at her . |