Example sentences of "sit [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He raised the mug to his lips and sipped the hot sugary tea , remembering the day when he had sat for the first time in Mr Corcoran 's office . |
| 2 | That insignificant-looking £1,200 Breguet-made clock is clamped to the left windscreen stay and the standby compass to the right one , while a big red gear unlocked light sits atop the left glareshield in one 's line of sight during the flare . |
| 3 | She sits on the only chair in the room , by the night table . |
| 4 | He was sitting behind the big desk in his office when the telephone rang . |
| 5 | The blind man was sitting near the neglected fire in the dark room . |
| 6 | I had first spied King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV , GCVO , GCMG , KBE , sitting in the royal box in church at Sunday service the week before . |
| 7 | A month later , the boarders were sitting round the long table in the Kleibers ' dining-room , having breakfast . |
| 8 | Indeed , they must have looked pretty mad , sitting on the sodden bench in the pouring rain . |
| 9 | Eddie Stratton was sitting on the only chair in a small third-floor room of a hotel just north of Russell Square . |
| 10 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 11 | Paul Lexington and Bobby Anscombe sat through the whole play in silence . |
| 12 | He sat in the restored Rump in 1659 , but never regained his earlier predominance in the county . |
| 13 | She sat in the little café in the High Street , then , having managed to calm herself enough to face the world , she prepared to leave . |
| 14 | He merely sat on the only chair in my room , shook his head and told me to sleep , and that it would be best if we shared the same chamber that night . |
| 15 | She went out into the small back garden , and sat on the tiled patio in a canvas chair , staring at nothing . |
| 16 | He sat on the wooden chair in the corner and looked at Lambert as if he were a self-confessed criminal . |
| 17 | He sat on the big table in the mess , one bare foot tucked up , and cut his yellow toe-nails with heavy scissors . |