Example sentences of "sat [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Trekkies — fans of the Space adventure Star Trek — sat through a thirteen hour showing of all six films featuring Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise . |
| 2 | Back home safely , I made a cuppa and sat for a good hour revelling in my favourite magazine . |
| 3 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 4 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |
| 5 | The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould . |
| 6 | At a dinner party in the British Embassy , an Italian General sat opposite the British Ambassador dressed in an impressive uniform decorated with an even more impressive display of medals . |
| 7 | Used originally by Tallymen who sat behind a high desk to keep account of cargo being unloaded , and later adapted by film directors , you 'll find this seat ideal if you have a breakfast bar . |
| 8 | Lady Beatrice watched fearfully whilst Rachel sat like an innocent child waiting for a play to begin . |
| 9 | She sat with a lame leg tucked under her . |
| 10 | Colonel Bauer , a German staff officer , wrote : ‘ He sat with a pallid face gazing at the map , dead to all feeling , a broken man . ’ |
| 11 | All day Coleman sat in a hot studio staring at one picture and maintaining hours of nonstop commentary to out-Dimbleby the best of them . |
| 12 | Alan Millet sat in a front room filled with books of modern English history and photographs of small boys lined in the formations of the posed soccer team . |
| 13 | ‘ It is a country with opportunities , ’ said Steve : and off they went again , with their second-hand opinions , their echoes of overheard conversations , their phrases from advertisements and tabloid newspapers : and yet to Shirley there was perhaps something comfortable , despite all , something reassuring about the hands of cards , the button and matchstick money , the green baize of the table , the predictable , ancient jokes , the cigarette ends in the big red ashtray : there was safety here , of a sort , safety in repetition , safety in familiar faces and frustrations , and warmth of a sort , warmth and communion of a sort , society of a sort : the society she had discovered as a teenager , when she would slip surreptitiously out of the icy silence of Abercorn Avenue , where the clock ticked relentlessly on the kitchen wall , where Liz propped her textbooks against the Peek Frean biscuit tin on the kitchen table , where her mother sat in the front room listening to the radio , cutting up newspapers ; she would let herself quietly out of the back door and creep down the passage , past the outside lav , through the back gate , round the corner , and then she would run for it , along Hilldrop Crescent , down The Grove , up Brindleford Drive , and across the main road at the lights to Victoria Street , where Cliff and Steve and their sister Marge lived . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I should perhaps add that I was not a member of the committee who heard these appeals in the first hearing since I became involved only when your Lordships who sat in the first hearing suggested a second hearing under my chairmanship and accordingly I have not been asked to consider this matter apart from the discussion of the extracts from Hansard which have been put before us in this appeal . |
| 16 | Backstage , in Therese 's dressing room , all was excitement and congratulations — Willi , old Anton , Alfred , the entire Hochhauser Theatre committee complete with the Easter egg — the expensive dress had found an occasion worthy of a second showing — and Hans , a smugly self-satisfied Hans who sat in the only chair sipping a glass of champagne provided by Willi . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Pierre Reverdy , the poet , sat in the large studio watching the artists at work . |
| 19 | In the old days , Grandma was usually propped up on an upright chair and sat in the open door to enjoy the street scene . |
| 20 | Jonathan sat upon a garish garden lounger which had once graced the poolside at Graceland . |
| 21 | While Auntie Lou set out the food , he sat on a flat rock to recover and talked about the old days . |
| 22 | The apple sat on a small ledge jutting out from the wall . |
| 23 | A long-eared owl sat on a low bough overlooking the ride and watched them unblinkingly through his great eyes as they passed within a few paces . |
| 24 | He worked slowly but efficiently for nearly two hours , fearing that , if he did not finish the work quickly , frost would make it impossible for him to continue ; then , tired and sweating , he went and sat on the front doorstep to rest . |
| 25 | Well , it was only a bedsitter and Andrea and I sat on the one divan having a smoke and a glass of the fizzy stuff I always brought her , and I said , ‘ What about slipping between the sheets ’ ? ’ |
| 26 | He sat on the low wall surrounding the pier gardens . |
| 27 | After that she sat on the morning-room steps watching the day slide off the face of Old Carrots field . |
| 28 | Having come prepared with a warm coat , mackintosh , and umbrella , I braved the elements , and sat on the open stand to watch this enjoyable match , as did quite a few others . |
| 29 | As she waited for Lally 's return from the bathroom , Nicandra sat on the thick rag hearthrug that Nannie had made . |
| 30 | Families sat on the wooden benches squabbling over their picnics . |