Example sentences of "as [pron] sat in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 2 | As I sat in the hot taxi I could see Balvinder Singh haggling with one of the healers . |
| 3 | I could not understand his absence ; but suddenly , as I sat in the speeding train , a long way already from El Katara , I caught sight of his white burnous on the banks of the oued . |
| 4 | As I sat in the graceful room looking at Mrs Rumney , cool , poised , tranquil , with the little white creature resting on her knee I could n't help feeling how right and fitting the whole scene was . |
| 5 | Morse smiled wanly at the lady as she sat in the front row , a lady turning the scales at not much more , surely , than around five stone . |
| 6 | The following day he bought her a bunch of violets and dropped them on her lap as she sat in the prompt corner . |
| 7 | Her face flushed and she turned almost desperately to Marguerite as they sat in the small gold and white salon waiting for their refreshments . |
| 8 | Empty plates with crumbs from a chicken pie littered the floor around them as they sat in the late evening peace , that Monday night . |
| 9 | He carried a small bag and she misunderstood the purpose of his visit as they sat in the curtained living room . |
| 10 | As he sat in a roaring solitary splendour twenty thousand feet over the turbulent , endless ocean wastes , he had no idea of the appropriateness of the poem he had just read . |