Example sentences of "[pron] [be] sit [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 'm sitting watching the telly trying to watch a film . |
| 2 | I 'm sitting looking out at the darkness and the sea . |
| 3 | And I 'm sitting dozing , falling as asleep all the time . |
| 4 | well I 'm in the way cos I 'm sitting having my tea and you 're supposed to be sitting having your tea , but you 're playing lorries |
| 5 | I 'm sat waiting for mine , ordered yesterday . |
| 6 | The floods had extinguished on the first stroke of the eleventh hour and I was sat watching the lightning fluttering like an electric city on the blink behind Gorsley Wood . |
| 7 | Well I think she felt , as they went I was sitting reading all about horoscopes but they did win . |
| 8 | On the third evening , I was sitting drinking alone and started talking to a man who offered to walk me back to the hotel . |
| 9 | we had our red and white rosettes and when our , I was sitting watching the match and when they scored the goal my slippers went up in the air . |
| 10 | And I was sitting eating mussels with vinegar in them . |
| 11 | Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . |
| 12 | Well a comment really , I was sitting browsing at Blackwell 's sale , and they 've got at half price , a beautiful book I was skimming through , with photographs of Victorian fashion , if you 're interested |
| 13 | While I was sitting waiting for Jenny , a number of well-dressed women of about my age filed past me , some of them evidently wearied by their afternoon of serious picture-watching . |
| 14 | I was sitting talking to him — Chet dropped me off there and after a couple of hours Chet came back and was talking to Scotty , and I was thinking , ‘ If I was a music writer , this would be just pure gold ! ’ |
| 15 | I was sitting talking to the skipper in his cabin when we heard the wheel go hard over . |
| 16 | who are sitting waiting for posts , erm , it 's most likely be one of those that will get it . |
| 17 | Suppose that you claim to know that you are sitting reading a book . |
| 18 | However the argument does nothing to suggest that you do not understand the proposition that you are sitting reading a book . |
| 19 | The account also shows , in similar fashion , that you know that if you are sitting reading a philosophy book , you are not a brain a vat . |
| 20 | All you 're do you 're sit sitting in an office , not as luxurious as this necessarily at some time , selling advertising to . |
| 21 | Well , you 're sitting looking very smart here in a suit , which I suspect is made out of organic fibres and the tie , which I suspect is made out or artificial organic fibres , and the shirt looks remarkably artificial too . |
| 22 | They come in , the doctor , the Warden , me social worker , the nurse , any of them lot , and you 're sitting staring at the walls not doing nothing … . |
| 23 | She goes in there , she 's sitting looking at him like that , she just stares at him . |
| 24 | She said , when I went round she was sat doing crossword on bed . |
| 25 | Aye she was sitting , she was sitting listening eh ? |
| 26 | She was sitting turned in against his chest , and he rode with one arm around her , supporting her . |
| 27 | She was sitting hunched up on one of the two comfortable chairs in the cubby-hole where the staff went for their breaks . |
| 28 | She was sitting curled up in the armchair like Mrs. Mounce , nursing a final cup of cold Nescafé . |
| 29 | And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them . |
| 30 | Maggie 's outrage at this callous remark was somewhat offset by the fact that he had rescued her , and in any case she was moving off to Ana who was sitting looking very shaky . |