Example sentences of "sat [adv] [prep] a [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 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 4 | She sat squarely in a big armchair and looked at him . |
| 5 | They sat downstairs in a double seat in the back row . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Wycliffe was asking questions almost at random , trying to stimulate some animation but Matthew sat there like a well-trained dog , ready to make a given response at the appropriate signal . |
| 12 | I just sat there like a real prat , and I thought |
| 13 | I was saying , oh yeah erm Shrimpy like , we , me and Scott were playing snooker and I , I came in to see if like , either of you , anyone else wanted to play doubles and like , Swimp , Shrimpy was just sat by himself in the middle of the floor , cross-legged just sat there like a little pixie or something ! |
| 14 | Jackson sat there like an important man who was being kept from an engagement by a nuisance . |
| 15 | Declining the unctuous offer of the drymatic machine , he wrapped himself in a towel and sauntered through to his living room , where a sleek computer housed in non-reflecting black sat seductively on a complex work station . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , dear , ’ Sophie said inadequately , then sat silently for a long minute . |
| 17 | Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks . |
| 18 | But Fagin sat silently by a dead fire , staring at the flame of a candle on the table beside him . |
| 19 | All the same , this concern for peace in one part of the world , or even generally , sat oddly with a hot disposition to war in another . |
| 20 | She gravely tried the things she liked , and sat solemnly in a bumping car with one of a family who lived in the road at the back of their house . |