Example sentences of "he sat [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat back with a satisfied grin and looked contently around the open-plan hygienic nonentity of his executive sitting room in his executive house on an executive estate in Pangbourne . |
| 2 | He sat down for a few moments to consider his position . |
| 3 | He sat down on a tiny painted nursery chair beside the bed . |
| 4 | He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train . |
| 5 | He sat down on a hard kitchen chair and stared hopefully up at Coffin . |
| 6 | He sat down on a white , tulip-shaped chair . |
| 7 | Willie Learmouth the session clerk came by today for the Intimations and he 's an awful nice man , one of Nature 's Gentlemen , went to Allan Glen 's when that meant something , his wife 's got a plastic hip but you never hear him complain , anyway he sat down to a wee cup of tea and naturally he could not resist my all butter shortbread ‘ Nettie , ’ says he , ‘ your petticoat tails would melt in a man 's mouth . ’ |
| 8 | He sat down in a vacant chair and at once the younger cadet hurried to serve him with tea from a spotless samovar . |