Example sentences of "she [was/were] sitting [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he entered , she was sitting at the big table . |
| 2 | She was sitting on the top deck and was cut and bruised by branches . |
| 3 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |
| 4 | Unaware of his presence , she was sitting on the soft springy turf , leaning back against the ancient wall of the summer-house and gazing dreamily across the blue haze of the estuary . |
| 5 | She was sitting in the main client 's chair wearing a dark brown suit with a faint orange check and clutching a huge floppy handbag in her lap . |
| 6 | She was sitting in the relative sanctuary of Guy 's iron-grey Aston Martin as they negotiated heavy traffic across London . |
| 7 | She was sitting by the shieling door as they approached . |
| 8 | She was sitting beneath the narrow , barred window when he entered the room , and the first thing he saw was the light lying ashen in her fair hair ; there was more grey than gold in it now . |