Example sentences of "to be sitting [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Romanshorn , Arbon , on another headland , seems to be sitting beside the lake with its big toe dipped cautiously into the water . |
| 2 | Donna looked at him again , wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man . |
| 3 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 4 | It also created a circulating draught which could be faintly felt all around the fireplace area , coming to its peak on the back of the neck of the person unwise enough to be sitting on the right of the grate . |
| 5 | the effect was to be sitting on the bench … when leee scored everyone ( Wilko and co ) were looking into our box at the TV for a replay . |
| 6 | It 's extraordinary to be sitting in the middle and listening to the different sides of the argument . |
| 7 | I could n't see many people ; most of the lights had been turned off , and we happened to be sitting in the patch of light thrown by one small lamp . |