Example sentences of "they sat [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 2 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 3 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
| 4 | They sat at a low bench hard against the wall . |
| 5 | They sat at a rickety table on the perimeter of the square , under the shade of an umbrella , sipping espresso , eating anisette biscuits , and watching the large , colourful crowd . |
| 6 | They sat at a small table by the window . |
| 7 | They sat in a dark room , the only light coming from a candle burning in the passage outside . |
| 8 | So to while away the time while they waited for dark again they sat in a back room and fiished the waistcoat . |