Example sentences of "they [was/were] sit [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were sitting at a round table . |
| 2 | IXI describes the software as a virtual workspace — the product enables users to operate and work in a windowing environment that extends well beyond the physical space constraint of their monitor , as if they were sitting at a huge screen . |
| 3 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | By the middle of January 1918 the Labour leaders knew that they were sitting on a potential volcano . |
| 6 | They were sitting near a huge open fire in the lounge of a pub of that kind of indeterminate oldness which is the sign of constant use and development over many years . |
| 7 | Twenty minutes later they were sitting in a little restaurant drinking retsina . |
| 8 | They were sitting in the front line of chairs . |
| 9 | And if they were together in Hampton Wick , if they were sitting in the front room of his home in south-west London , then Holly 's company Fiesta would be in the road outside , and the clothes would be smart on his back , and the whisky and water in his hand , and the confidence in his talk . |
| 10 | I can stay in there they was sitting on the bleeding ! |