Example sentences of "[prep] sitting at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women may have problems keeping weight down at the time of the menopause and after , and men and businesswomen have their own difficulties if their work involves a good deal of sitting at a desk or car wheel , and giving or receiving hospitality lunches . |
| 2 | It also neutralizes the ill effects of sitting at a desk all day and eating large lunches . |
| 3 | I mean , like sitting at a breakfast table with a FAMILY . |
| 4 | Zelma , bless her , who has always regarded her son-in-law as a sort of concierge who somehow manages to throw up the odd masterpiece in between sitting at a desk , gazing uselessly out of the window and making endless messes in her kitchen with his coffee dregs and fag ash , had been popping into the study at fairly regular intervals , with unspecific enquiries . |
| 5 | For example , it is very important for a wife who is also a busy mother to learn to speak the local language , but she may have no time for sitting at a desk and making her own drills or doing her own analysis . |
| 6 | In the latter case , the knowledge may include likely events such as sitting at a table , reading the menu , ordering , waiting , being served , eating , paying the bill and so on . |
| 7 | I could learn tailoring by sitting at a bench . |