Example sentences of "sat [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A schoolmasterly exposition of the law : Andrew Brown sat in on a High Court trial — and was transported back to the strangely mingled fears and absurdities of a prep-school |
2 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
3 | Then the Birmingham Small Arms Company revealed after many a summer that the car she sat in like a burnished throne , and even some of the furs she wore , were not provided by her Prince Charming , Sir Bernard , but by them , the nuts and bolts firm of which he was chairman , as a business expense which they were no longer happy to provide . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 ! |
8 | 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 . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
11 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
12 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
13 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates . |
16 | He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano . |
17 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |
18 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
19 | At the end of the day 550 people sat down for a superb dinner in the marquee , prepared by and his team , where the trophies and prizes from the Grand Draw were presented , followed by a disco . |
20 | He sat down for a few moments to consider his position . |
21 | One hundred and fifty staff , directors and partners sat down for an excellent meal at the venue followed by an equally good disco . |
22 | He felt his foot slip under him and sat down with a jarring shock , landing uncomfortably on a spanner and a piece of plastic tubing . |
23 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
24 | Clark and Howey signed three-year contracts last month and Keegan said : ‘ We sat down with the two lads and their fathers and worked out a deal that was right for them . |
25 | A week later , however , Charlie Allen of the CIA sat down with an undercover agent in North 's office to hear North read from his notebook |
26 | Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes . |
27 | Kāli sat down on a flat stone , sighing with relief . |
28 | Her voice had risen and the child now sat down on a low chair and quickly took off her shoes , then pulled her grey stockings down over her knees before , standing up , she asked , ‘ Will you unhook me , please ? ’ |
29 | He picked her up and sat down on a small settee , keeping his arm round her . |
30 | He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train . |