Example sentences of "be sitting [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Like Romanshorn , Arbon , on another headland , seems to be sitting beside the lake with its big toe dipped cautiously into the water . |
| 2 | Donna looked at him again , wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man . |
| 3 | And she 'd be sitting on the edge of her chair with a smile stitched to her face as she willed the rest of the party to get a move-on so she could go and make sure Camille was home and safe . |
| 4 | Another member of the group will be sitting on the chair with eyes closed and will point in the direction of the slightest sound . |
| 5 | It also created a circulating draught which could be faintly felt all around the fireplace area , coming to its peak on the back of the neck of the person unwise enough to be sitting on the right of the grate . |
| 6 | He was , understandably , taking us for a couple whose holiday idyll he had interrupted , though why we should be sitting by the fire at that hour , with me in a not very elegant dressing-gown and Ewen in stained jeans and a guernsey it would be hard to imagine . |
| 7 | we 'll be sitting in the playground for ages , well standing in the playground for ages . |
| 8 | I could n't see many people ; most of the lights had been turned off , and we happened to be sitting in the patch of light thrown by one small lamp . |