Example sentences of "they sit [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you 're doing a melody like Rubina or Always With Me , Always With You they sit at a nice register , but the chorus , second verse of Cryin ’ is right up there , War is up there , Friends is up there . |
| 2 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 3 | Thirty yards back along the street they sit in a murky Cavalier . |
| 4 | If all the frogs pursue this policy , they sit in a tight clump . |
| 5 | Other birds of prey may also arouse strong responses if they sit in a conspicuous position during the daylight hours . |
| 6 | The persons alleged to have picked up the letter then chase the accusers round the circle and try to catch them before they sit in the empty space , as in the previous game . |
| 7 | Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations . |
| 8 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 9 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
| 10 | They sat at a low bench hard against the wall . |
| 11 | They sat at a rickety table on the perimeter of the square , under the shade of an umbrella , sipping espresso , eating anisette biscuits , and watching the large , colourful crowd . |
| 12 | They sat at a small table by the window . |
| 13 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 14 | They sat at the far end of the carriage , talking in hushed tones . |
| 15 | Such men owed their positions to the constant manipulation of the party machinery — and so confirmed the worst of Ostrogorski 's fears ; they sat on every local committee , raised money for the local party , decided the selection of candidates and kept their fingers firmly on the local pulse . |
| 16 | They sat on the second row of choir benches to the left of the altar . |
| 17 | They sat on the soft sand above the tide line while Adam ate ; there had always been fewer stones here , on this remote end of the beach where hardly anyone came . |
| 18 | They sat on the little bit of flat roof above the attic skylight , behind a low parapet . |
| 19 | They sat in a dark room , the only light coming from a candle burning in the passage outside . |
| 20 | So to while away the time while they waited for dark again they sat in a back room and fiished the waistcoat . |
| 21 | A number of respondents commented on the lack of stimulation : ‘ They sat in the front room and did n't move . |
| 22 | Sometimes they sat in the front room reading aloud from the work of a man called Ian McEwan , an author who , according to Elinor , had ‘ a great deal to say ’ to Henry Farr . |
| 23 | Her face flushed and she turned almost desperately to Marguerite as they sat in the small gold and white salon waiting for their refreshments . |
| 24 | They sat in the private bar at the Gates looking down into their glasses , trying to think what it should be . |
| 25 | Empty plates with crumbs from a chicken pie littered the floor around them as they sat in the late evening peace , that Monday night . |
| 26 | Now they sat in the tiny dressing room , their washing hanging on the radiators , eating health food and tirelessly sending information and soft-focus photographs of themselves to directors , theatres , agents , TV companies and producers . |
| 27 | They sat in the dingy room , with its green painted walls and picture of the Sacred Heart , a tiny red eye of an oil lamp burning in front of it . |
| 28 | They sat in the back garden at Eleanor Darcy 's insistence . |
| 29 | He carried a small bag and she misunderstood the purpose of his visit as they sat in the curtained living room . |
| 30 | Wycliffe took the sergeant to lunch at his hotel and they sat by the great window overlooking the sea , which still sparkled in the sun . |