Example sentences of "[adv] sitting on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try the bed out — you ca n't judge it by gingerly sitting on the side , so slip off your shoes and lie down |
| 2 | A church that is dedicated to a gentle , caring man who cared about the poor , instead of helping the man who needs help and who is literally sitting on the doorstep , is showing tourists paintings , especially commissioned to educate the illiterate about God , is not even showing them to the illiterate . |
| 3 | I was very shaken I was only sitting on the other side of the wall . |
| 4 | Ronny knows this and i think he will play his football in Norway — where is visible to the national team coach and is 100% sure of not sitting on the bench . |
| 5 | i guess that frank want to leave : not getting any first team play will not give him a world cup spot — and i guess for most players the dream is to — play — in the world cup finals — not sitting on the bench/playing for the reserves for Leeds — even if you are a Leeds fan … |
| 6 | Ultimately he believes that harmonisation of duty within the European Community must happen , but he is not sitting on the edge of his seat waiting for it : ‘ Politically we understand that uniform EC excise duty will not happen overnight , but alcohol is alcohol and we should be taxing alcohol volume and not the form that it comes in . ’ |
| 7 | Suppose we start with a population already sitting on the Always Defect side . |
| 8 | I do n't know , I was just sitting on the grass one day , down by the river . |
| 9 | Half-way across there 's this old pigeon just sitting on the side . |
| 10 | Lee was just sitting on the floor . |
| 11 | At the Dixie Dude , I spent my time between riding in the hills and just sitting on the porch doing nothing . |
| 12 | Why does , why is this book just sitting on the table not going anywhere ? |
| 13 | Once it was my turn to hit but I was just sitting on the ground and was thinking about something else . ’ |
| 14 | They are still sitting on the shelf . |
| 15 | Still sitting on the floor by the radiator , Alec ignored this shout . |
| 16 | Kmart , one of the country 's leading discount-store chains , has its employees scurrying around the aisles with hand-held lasers to zap bar-coded labels on products that are still sitting on the shelf . |
| 17 | Lucy , all this time , was still sitting on the verandah surrounded by her cartridge-making tools and weeping bitterly as she looked at the neat rows of cartridges she had made and which were no longer needed . |
| 18 | Gilbert had scurried back to Rohmer and Jimmy could see that Rohmer was still sitting on the desk near the back double-doors where they had left him . |
| 19 | Rohmer was still sitting on the edge of the desk , his hair and coat whipping in the hellish stormwinds which had been admitted . |
| 20 | She was still sitting on the ground . |
| 21 | ‘ If you want him disrobed , you should instruct him to move , ’ said the vibrancer still sitting on the cushions . |
| 22 | Her suitcase was still sitting on the bed , with the few clothes and belongings she had brought with her piled into it . |
| 23 | Anyway , we 've finished all we can eat of this Cambozola , and the wine bottle is only good for sticking candles in , and we are still sitting on the carpet lit by one small lamp somewhere over in the corner , and she keeps filling in the pauses by staring into my eyes as if she 's checking I do n't wear false eyelashes , and I start to think it 's about time I got up off the floor . |
| 24 | Rachel stood up , brushing twigs and leaves from her clothes , then she turned to David who was still sitting on the bank staring up at her . |
| 25 | Marcus was still in there , probably sitting on the lavatory , where Irina said he liked to spend time . |
| 26 | She was drawn closer and ended up sitting on the arm of his chair , craning past him . |
| 27 | Graham grinned looking over at the two Art School girls , who were now sitting on the floor on the other side of the room , talking to each other . |
| 28 | Because as she opened her eyes she could plainly see that there was nothing even remotely ghost-like about the tall , broad-shouldered figure of her husband , Ross Wyndham , now sitting on the seat beside her . |
| 29 | Laura lapsed into a glum silence , staring blindly over at the children , who were now sitting on the grass , busily trying to make daisy chains . |
| 30 | The then Leader of the House , John MacGregor ( who was today sitting on the platform with the great ones of the party , wearing a kilt to which , strictly speaking , he was not entitled ) had called upon him to help with the inquiries . |