Example sentences of "sat [adv prt] [prep] the sofa " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate sat down on the sofa beside Peter . |
| 2 | She trailed a hand along an imaginary banister , sweeping the other behind where the skirts of a ball-gown would have trailed and was so tangibly created that when she sat down on the sofa Delia Sutherland moved to make room for the folds of that gown . |
| 3 | Blanche sat down on the sofa and folded her hands in her lap . |
| 4 | Nicola 's husband sat down on the sofa , rubbing his hands on the knees of his brown corduroy trousers , blinking through his spectacles . |
| 5 | Matthew went back into his living room , sat down on the sofa and began to take off his shoes . |
| 6 | She gulped down the Martini offered to her and sat down on the sofa by Penelope , who edged away into her corner , recognising in Robina Fairfax 's shapeless grey woollen dress and strings of painted wooden beads the kind of woman she sometimes met at her landlady 's ‘ evenings ’ . |
| 7 | Handing him his drink , she sat down on the sofa . |
| 8 | I sat down on the sofa next to her and patted her hand . |
| 9 | Lloyd picked up a beer can , lifted Beeby 's legs up with one hand , sat down on the sofa and let her legs fall across his lap . |
| 10 | Then he sat down on the sofa and looked around him . |
| 11 | With a look of satisfaction , he sat down on the sofa opposite her . |
| 12 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 13 | Brown sat up off the sofa . |
| 14 | She sat back on the sofa and motioned him beside her . |