Instead, he offered to sign on as the conference's «gold sponsor,» albeit on his own terms: in exchange for the $ 30,000 sponsorship fee — a booth normally runs between $ 850 and $ 1,870 — he asked for a booth in the middle of the hall, the exclusive right to put Starvox's ads on the hotel's room key cards, and permission to run a continuous video loop featuring the company's shows on the screens in the elevators. (canadianbusiness.com)
You see Christians in these parts are so ignorant that they do nothing and have no power; you see these idolators do what ever they please, and when I am sitting at tables the cups which are in the middle of the hall come to me full of wine or drinks of other things, without anyone touching them, and I drink with them. (religion-online.org)
When he reached the middle of the hall, beside the Duke, he sank down on one knee, with the flamboyant arm and head movement he'd been practising (perhaps he could be courtly enough to make up for the Duke's gruffness). (bookbrowse.com)