Example Sentences

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His death was sudden, and occurred in the Board-room of St. George’s Hospital, on the 16th October, 1793, at the age of 64 years.

From Literary Byways by Andrews, William

He doddered into the Board-room I'd just left, an' the Dandie-dog that is just his blind man's leader stayed wi' me.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

Perhaps the story was whispered about outside the Board-room.

From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie

Some years ago I was present one night in the Board-room at Euston Station and addressed a shipload of emigrants who were departing to Canada under the auspices of the Salvation Army.

From Regeneration by Haggard, Henry Rider

On the same afternoon, Crosbie was summoned into the Board-room in the usual way, between two and three.

From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony