Example sentences of "sat down [prep] the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 2 | I sat down at the end of one of the tables and looked around me . |
| 3 | Nancy , noticing how scared he was , sat down at the side of the trench and took the cigarette out of her mouth . |
| 4 | Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road . |
| 5 | Marie felt her legs give way beneath her , she sat down on the edge of the pavement , feet in the gutter , doubled-up , sick and winded as if someone had punched her in the stomach . |
| 6 | She sat down on the edge of the worktop . |
| 7 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 8 | These simple precautions observed , Kirov relaxed and sat down on the edge of his small cot , smiling with relief . |
| 9 | He came in carrying a bunch of black grapes , and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 10 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 11 | And he actually sat down on the edge of the bath and pulled off his right shoe and thrust it under my nose . |
| 12 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and drank the mineral water , very slowly . |
| 13 | Then still holding it , she went to the toilet and , just as she was , she sat down on the edge of the seat and , bending forward , she went through the motion of wringing out the cloth once again . |
| 14 | Joe sat down on the edge of the bed , taking note of the wallet . |
| 15 | After replacing the receiver she sat down on the edge of the coffee table and smiled to herself . |
| 16 | She sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled off her flat shoes . |
| 17 | Astonished , Miranda sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 18 | He flicked two inches of ash on the floor and sat down on the edge of the bed I had just vacated . |
| 19 | They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead . |
| 20 | She sat down on the edge of Julia 's bed and offered to brush her hair . |
| 21 | James Scott stood in the centre of the small room for a moment , looking round , then sat down on the edge of the bottom bunk . |
| 22 | Tessa first of all sat down on the edge of the bed , with her knees together , her feet crossed and slightly to one side , her back straight , and her cup and saucer at chest height , as she had learnt in Social Situation Training . |
| 23 | Then he picked up his own glass and sat down on the edge of the bed beside her . |
| 24 | I sat down on the edge of the table . |
| 25 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and , taking her chin between finger and thumb , lifted her face to his and asked crisply , ‘ So what 's wrong ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And unless you 're one of Charity LeVille 's nubile masseuses over from Gros Islet … ’ he 'd reached the bed , and to her horror slung his jacket over a nearby chair and sat down on the edge of the bed , far too close for comfort , continuing in the same bland tone , ‘ … which from the pious clutching of bedclothes I somehow doubt , maybe you 'd like to explain exactly who you are ? ’ |
| 27 | Ruth sat down on the edge of the bed after he had left her , instructing her to come downstairs when she was refreshed and join him outside by the pool for a drink . |
| 28 | He shrugged , then sat down on the edge of the bed and took her hand . |
| 29 | Fabia reached Ven 's suite and let herself in , walked across the sitting-room and into her bedroom where she sat down on the edge of the bed , and felt , for the moment , defeated . |
| 30 | I sat down on the cases of beer and Patterson perched on the edge of an armchair . |