Example sentences of "he sat [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fearon 's eyes opened fully and he sat up with a jerk , swore , rubbed his hand over his black curls and squinted at her . |
| 2 | He sat up on the bed , and she saw him wince . |
| 3 | He sat up on the bed , turning away from her , running a hand through his hair . |
| 4 | The fall seemed to bring Liam to his senses and he sat up on the road wondering where he was . |
| 5 | He sat up on the bench and pulled on the robe . |
| 6 | He sat up on the chair by the fire . |
| 7 | He sat up like a shot and his face was right over mine , blazing . |
| 8 | He sat back in the wicker chair , and their eyes joined . |
| 9 | He sat back in the armchair and watched the smoke drifting upwards from his pipe towards the gas lamp . |
| 10 | He sat back in the taxi as it drove away . |
| 11 | He sat back in the bed , pulling the sheets up around him . |
| 12 | He sat back in the motor vehicle as the Doctor noticeably increased the speed of the journey . |
| 13 | He sat back in the leather office chair and tapped his fingernails . |
| 14 | He sat back in the chair . |
| 15 | He sat back from the microscope for a moment , then looked again . |
| 16 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 17 | She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him . |
| 18 | Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him . |
| 19 | He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet . |
| 20 | He sat down with a sigh , rubbing one hand over his eyes . |
| 21 | Then he sat down with a cup of coffee . |
| 22 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 23 | There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire . |
| 24 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 25 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 26 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 27 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 28 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 29 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 30 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |