Example sentences of "sat [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit , with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided .
2 Two pilots sat side-by-side in an open cockpit , aft of which was a single cockpit for the navigator , who was also provided with an interior cabin as were the wireless-operator and flight engineer .
3 She sat humbly in the cold church , making some effort to get into the right mood for the service .
4 Charles sat gingerly on the mock leopard .
5 Tuppe sat gloomily upon the tall boy 's rucksack .
6 I sat unhappily in the empty church with two lines of thought .
7 The Gnomes of Gallan sat together at the far end of the table .
8 On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that .
9 They sat together for a few moments more , then he groaned .
10 The two of them sat together on the damp grass .
11 They sat together on the rattling tram , Fred holding her hand and Carrie biting her bottom lip in frustration as the tram stopped at the Tower Bridge Hotel for the conductor to alter the points .
12 In the drawing room they sat together on the large settee .
13 ‘ He 's a very able sorcerer , ’ said Fribble , as they sat together in the banqueting hall .
14 He sat opposite to the chief inspector and Dexter , behind a narrow wooden table , hands gesticulating , with the face of a bridge player .
15 She sat squarely in a big armchair and looked at him .
16 They sat downstairs in a double seat in the back row .
17 But you , you sat outside for the best part of quarter of an hour , twenty minutes , cos it was so sunny .
18 I sat outside beneath the upturned colander of the night sky until Dennis 's snores had settled into a consistent rhythm , then made my way inside the house and across the living area to the door behind which Karen lay naked .
19 I sat numbly by the open window , with my legs pressed together , my arms hugging my sides and my hands gripping each other , to combat the sensation that I was going to shake myself to pieces .
20 Maxim sat carefully on the least-soft chair he could find .
21 Previous Marxist descriptions of the democratic state as a nakedly repressive apparatus attuned only to the behests of capitalists sat unsatisfactorily with the apparent emergence of government planning and ‘ caring capitalism ’ , at least in the period from the early 1950s to the late 1970s .
22 You do , sat here in the bloody chair and gone ee ee
23 I did it all on me own , of course Alan sat here like a bloody idiot , I said you sit there do n't get , he said I thought you were getting a cloth , I burnt all me arm trying to , jumping out , hacking me hair out there so I had to say to this bloke I said well there 's erm justice for you , he said what ?
24 Her eyes , threatening to turn from amber to gold as the two of them sat there over a casual dinner on her balcony , briefly dared him to develop the theme , just before she dropped them .
25 They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli .
26 Sat there for a long time , her mind blank .
27 She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering .
28 He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke .
29 He sat there for a few minutes .
30 She sat there for a few seconds , then heard a voice softly calling her name .
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