Example sentences of "sat [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The uncomfortable feeling she 'd had earlier on had come back again and sat like a solid lead ball in her chest . |
| 2 | She sat like a small spruce viper , neatly coiled opposite him . |
| 3 | He sat with a small radar screen in front of him , writing up the small strips that are used by controllers all over the world , strips that have all the different aircraft information on them . |
| 4 | They sat round the square oak table wedged against the wall and consumed the tea . |
| 5 | A man sat in a low leather bucket seat and watched a TV screen . |
| 6 | The audience sat in a warm honey glow , drinking tea and eating richly iced cake . |
| 7 | FIG. 3 In the experiments described here , observers sat in a modified Wheatstone stereoscope with mirrors at 45 deg to the line of sight and viewed the rear-projected images created on two translucent Mylar screens 57cm from the observer 's eyes . |
| 8 | Franklin D. Hauser sat in a large Regency chair , wearing evening dress , in the large living room at the front of the house . |
| 9 | Bonanza sat in a huge oak chair . |
| 10 | The royal favourite sat in a quilted window seat whilst young Edward lounged in a chair near him . |
| 11 | Tuppe sat in the front passenger seat brrrming the toy car up and down the dashboard . |
| 12 | Empty plates with crumbs from a chicken pie littered the floor around them as they sat in the late evening peace , that Monday night . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Tonight I sat in the tiny living room of a schoolmaster 's house in Mufakose , one of Salisbury 's African townships . |
| 15 | On one December Saturday , Hannah sat in the Craven Herald Bookshop in Skipton and people queued through the premises , out of the door , down an alleyway and along the High Street . |
| 16 | Graham sat in the deserted dining car for some time after regaining consciousness , his trembling fingers gently massaging his temples as he tried to overcome the throbbing in his head . |
| 17 | She saw in her mind the woman who sat in the same seat day after day . |
| 18 | ‘ Quits , ’ she said cheerfully , and carried the copper kettle to the brass tap let into the front of the water tank which sat in the big iron stove alongside the kitchen fire , and ran the hot water into it before she set it not on the fire , but on a small gas ring in the corner , lighting the gas with a match from a box of Swan Vestas . |
| 19 | I lay quietly on my bed most of the day , and Charlotte sat in the next room writing . |
| 20 | He carried a small bag and she misunderstood the purpose of his visit as they sat in the curtained living room . |
| 21 | Water came from the taps and sat in an unnerving basin shape : the blue plastic failed to dematerialise from the world where I had been a grateful and temporary guest since the moment five years ago when I had vouchsafed in the sight of the God of men Ido . |
| 22 | He sat in an old deck chair and the two girls sat on the ground , each leaning against one of his legs . |
| 23 | He sat on a small stone bench opposite the priest 's house , half dozing , still relishing the memory of his meeting with de Craon . |
| 24 | He took the call in the sitting room and Rain sat on a red-painted kitchen chair and wondered how he came to be living in such circumstances . |
| 25 | He sat on a huge leather chair with a sigh of relief and it was clear to Hari that his leg had been giving him trouble . |
| 26 | Despite this a number of prominent women repealers , among them Butler herself , sat on the first executive council of the NVA and gave support to coercive state legislation . |
| 27 | And then he went and sat on the blue dralon chair in the immaculate drawing-room , the bottle of scotch at his side , Rose 's dress draped carefully along the sofa as if she were in it and alive . |
| 28 | Those of us who sat on the urban policies committee for a number of years seeing Moat devour and all the stoppages and problems there , knew that you were taking the wrong line . |
| 29 | Jed sat on the green plastic chair while Mitch selected the needles . |
| 30 | Joe sat on the wooden kitchen chair and watched Mrs Alice Carver flitting back and forth from the stove to the table , talking all the while . |