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  • They went back into their form-room and sank down into their chairs.

    The Second Form at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1970

  • Alicia felt the usual stab of jealousy when she thought of Sally as head-gut Ellen didn't know that Alicia was keeping an eye on her, but she did know that she was suddenly finding it very difficult to be alone, or to go into either Miss Porker's room, or Miss Potts 'room, or even the form-room when nobody else was there.

    The Second Form at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1970

  • She would appear in her own form-room a minute or two late, giggling.

    The Second Form at Malory Towers Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1970

  • They all trooped upstairs to the big fifth form-room.

    Fifth Formers at St. Clare's Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1967

  • But I, in Octie's form-room (and on Octie be peace) knew nothing of Homer.

    Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

  • For him, to pass from the form-room to the playing field is simply to exchange work in which he can take some interest for work in which he can take none, in which failure is more severely punished, and in which (worst of all) he must feign an interest.

    Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

  • The term drew to a close, and most of the boys in my form-room ticked off the days on lists, in which the Sundays were written in red ink to show that they did not really count.

    The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton

  • When I listened at the doors of my form-room I heard the boys talking about football matches, or indulging their tireless passion for unimaginative personalities; I would stand on the mat outside wondering whether I would be allowed to read if I went in.

    The Ghost Ship Richard Middleton

  • The man who expatiates in the form-room on the beauties of literature, and is suspected of never reading a book is looked upon as merely a harmless fraud by those he teaches.

    Cambridge Essays on Education Various

  • When the girl had gone, Mrs. Bradley switched off the lights in the form-room and made her way to the water-lobby where the death of Calma Ferris had occurred.

    Death at the Opera Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1939

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