Example sentences of "[noun] sat [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not everyone ; a young soldier and his girlfriend sat on the balustrade , dangling their legs over the water , oblivious of anyone else . |
| 2 | Donna sat at the sitting-room window , the Beretta on the sill in front of her . |
| 3 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 4 | Zirnheld succeeded in placing bombs on a few trucks , while Jellicoe sat beside the road and saw nothing . |
| 5 | Corbett sat on the same bench he had occupied the previous Sunday watching the nuns file in . |
| 6 | A day later , Corbett sat on the edge of his own bed in Leighton Manor watching Maeve busy herself round the room . |
| 7 | They stood , their arms round each other , staring at the view before them , then at last , turning from the window , David sat on the bed and pulled her between his legs so that as she stood with her hands on his shoulders he pressed his head against her stomach . |
| 8 | Jack Pertwee sat on the smart checked tweed sofa holding the hand of a girl with a monumental pile of black hair and eyelashes like shoe brushes . |
| 9 | One Friday morning towards the end of the summer , Josh sat in the Guild Office , going through the wages list and making up the pay-packets to be doled out at the end of the day . |
| 10 | Lucille and the Countess sat by the supper room entrance . |
| 11 | Sally and Edward sat in the very front row of the audience at the Fashion Show on canvas hospital-style chairs . |
| 12 | In the kitchen Mrs Blakey comforted her and Mr Blakey sat at the scrubbed table stirring sugar into a cup of tea . |
| 13 | Valerie sat on the sofa . |
| 14 | Dot sat with the yapping dogs on either side licking at her hands . |
| 15 | Travis sat on the edge of the bed and gently caressed her fair hair away from her face with a hand that was ever so slightly unsteady . |
| 16 | Bernice sat by the raft . |
| 17 | Bernice sat in the comer of the room writing in her diary . |
| 18 | Rodney drove , Veronica sat in the front . |
| 19 | As Cierva visualized , the aircraft sat on the ground whilst the engine drove the rotors at zero pitch to overspeed through a near vertical shaft . |
| 20 | The Dali theme extended to the lavatories where giant white soap cakes in the form of pouting lips sat on the basins … for five minutes , before they were lifted . |
| 21 | Lucy sat on the tiled floor of a shower cubicle in the bathroom of the most expensive-looking hotel suite that she 'd ever seen , hugging her knees , shivering despite the temperature of the water that beat down upon her . |
| 22 | Lucy sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 23 | Cars sat at the ends of roads for hours . |
| 24 | Aunt Bella sat at the table , poring over catalogues , surveying the accounts , calculating . |
| 25 | The President sat at the table . |
| 26 | The president sat at the head of the long mahogany table . |
| 27 | Scott sat on the edge of his own bed listening intently , hands clasped on his knees . |
| 28 | Downes sat at the table in Interview Room Two on the ground floor , spell-bound and motionless , as if a witch had drawn a circle round him thrice . |
| 29 | Bigger nations sat on the fence . |
| 30 | The twins perched themselves on the bed , Zach sat on the chair by the desk and George and Willie sat cross-legged with their backs leaning against the bookcase . |