Example sentences of "[pron] sat [prep] [art] big " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Quits , ’ she said cheerfully , and carried the copper kettle to the brass tap let into the front of the water tank which sat in the big iron stove alongside the kitchen fire , and ran the hot water into it before she set it not on the fire , but on a small gas ring in the corner , lighting the gas with a match from a box of Swan Vestas . |
| 2 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 3 | That was it , Julia said to herself , as she sat at the big scrubbed table in the Florentine kitchen , all those years and a thousand miles away . |
| 4 | He sat on the big table in the mess , one bare foot tucked up , and cut his yellow toe-nails with heavy scissors . |
| 5 | He sat behind a big table with a television , three computers and five telephones . |
| 6 | He sat behind the big desk , and Jill the secretary sat at her table opposite him across the room . |
| 7 | But now it was all over and he sat in the big armchair as dawn lightened the front windows and gave thanks , with a cup of coffee , to the Child of Prague high on the opposite wall . |