Example sentences of "sat [adv] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gnomes of Gallan sat together at the far end of the table . |
| 2 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |
| 3 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 4 | Once in her suite of rooms she sat down at a little Louis Quinze escritoire , its pale grey panels painted with carnations and pinks , and wrote a short letter to her faithless lover , asking him to call on her urgently at the embassy at eleven the next morning . |
| 5 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 6 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 7 | The masked figure stepped ponderously off the dais , sat down at the baize-covered table and indicated with a gloved hand that I should join him . |
| 8 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 9 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 10 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 11 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
| 12 | She was too to enjoy the hot weather and little beads of perspiration shone on her forehead as she sat down at the big desk opposite the row of girls . |
| 13 | They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates . |
| 14 | He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano . |
| 15 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |
| 16 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
| 17 | He poured out , sat back at the other end of the sofa , looked at her . |
| 18 | I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table . |