Example sentences of "he [be] sit [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are then told that he is sitting outside the church built to the dedication of Saint Francis ‘ Brother of the poor ’ . |
| 2 | He is sitting on the corner of the big table in the kitchen , nodding his head and nibbling a dry biscuit , as Shirley Esplin , the flautist , explains about her work to him . |
| 3 | He is sitting at the top of the stairs , sobbing . |
| 4 | He dreams he is sitting at the wheel of his car at the traffic lights , unable to drive off because he ca n't decide whether to kiss Rose when he arrives , or whether to ask her for a cheese and chutney sandwich instead , or where to go for his holidays . |
| 5 | For each pair of sentences the ‘ incorrect ’ picture contains either a grammatical distractor ( e.g. ‘ He is sitting in the tree ’ vs . |
| 6 | ‘ She is sitting in the tree ’ , for a picture of a girl ) or a lexical distractor ( ‘ He is sitting in the tree ’ vs . |
| 7 | He 's sitting at the gate , watching the school around the corner decant its little boys . |
| 8 | he 's sitting he 's sitting in the living room on Sunday night . |
| 9 | Sadly their honeymoon was a short one as Killigrew had , so , he sorrowfully informed his new bride , to hasten to Exeter , where he was to sit on the bench in the City 's courts . |
| 10 | He was sitting beside the river watching dead leaves floating downstream when he noticed that one leaf had suddenly started to behave very peculiarly — it was floating upstream . |
| 11 | When she came back he was sitting with the cat curled up on his knees . |
| 12 | He was sitting on the balcony of Room 302 at the Anpetuwi Lodge , and he was snorting smoke . ’ ’ |
| 13 | He was sitting on the floor among the cracker wrappings and the crumbs , his shoulders shaking , his eyes tight shut . |
| 14 | He was sitting on the floor with his legs crossed , and had said nothing for over an hour . |
| 15 | He was sitting on the gate ahead of me , writing in a notebook . |
| 16 | In lexis , on the other hand , there may be a limited choice too , as between positive or negative ; but there may be a wide range of possibilities , as between He was sitting on the chair/bench/stool/seat … |
| 17 | He was sitting on the wall by the broken tower where the pigeons had lived . |
| 18 | He was sitting on the edge of the sheet now . |
| 19 | He was sitting on the edge of the big desk when she entered . |
| 20 | He was sitting on the edge of the desk used to interrogate Jimmy Devlin earlier , having retired to that room for explanations . |
| 21 | He was sitting on the edge of the bed , his collar loosened and the tie he had worn at dinner hanging loose about his neck . |
| 22 | He was sitting on the edge of the table and was regarding her with his steady blue gaze . |
| 23 | He was sitting on the edge of her bunk now . |
| 24 | He was sitting on the counter in the shop , now , playing with the fiddling and fluting monkeys with his good left hand . |
| 25 | He was sitting on the ground near his packages over which he kept a protective , hostile arm , as if he did not want anything of his touched . |
| 26 | He was sitting on the bench along the wall on the left . |
| 27 | He was sitting on the side of the bed , his head slightly tilted , his eyes closed . |
| 28 | The carer then holds him in the same way as if he was sitting on the side of the bed , with his head resting on her shoulder , and lifts him up and round onto the second chair . |
| 29 | Look Joe — ’ Len leaned towards him from where he was sitting on the side of his bed and , lowering his voice , he said , ‘ I do n't want to probe , and I know I 've said this before , but I … |
| 30 | It shows that something stupid and it just went , spine , and he was sitting on the pavement out there for three or four minutes in agony , |