Example sentences of "sit on the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sits on the only chair in the room , by the night table . |
| 2 | For 22 years , North Down has been the personal bailliwick of James Kilfedder , the former speaker of the ill-starred Northern Ireland Assembly and an independent Unionist who sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Commons but without the party whip . |
| 3 | We waited , sitting on the long benches in the out-patients ' waiting-room , Nigel staring straight ahead in what seemed an almost catatonic trance and ignoring any of my attempts at conversation . |
| 4 | Indeed , they must have looked pretty mad , sitting on the sodden bench in the pouring rain . |
| 5 | Eddie Stratton was sitting on the only chair in a small third-floor room of a hotel just north of Russell Square . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She went out into the small back garden , and sat on the tiled patio in a canvas chair , staring at nothing . |
| 8 | He sat on the wooden chair in the corner and looked at Lambert as if he were a self-confessed criminal . |
| 9 | He sat on the big table in the mess , one bare foot tucked up , and cut his yellow toe-nails with heavy scissors . |