Example sentences of "[pron] sit in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Jancey persuaded them to sit in next door , none of them were too sure how heavy these guys would turn out to be . |
| 2 | You 've raised me to sit in high places |
| 3 | I sit in two different capacities . |
| 4 | Your eagle eyes will have noticed that there is someone sitting in this room with a tape recorder , and erm , it 's it 's , should be quite interesting for you to know what he is doing . |
| 5 | Well , I sat in that room and saw this fantastic-looking man come through the door and I just did n't believe it . |
| 6 | I sat in many a night myself when you were all younger , waiting for that piss artist of a father of yours to come home , knowing in my heart that he was down the Bayswater Road , spending desperately needed money on old brasses . |
| 7 | Laura and I sat in tense silence , listening to the creak of the stairs . |
| 8 | They were still talking when I continued on my way back to my roomette where I sat in comfortable privacy for a while reading the timetable and also reflecting that although I still had no answers to the old questions , I now had a whole crop of new ones , the most urgent being whether or not Filmer had already known the Youngs were friends of Ezra Gideon . |
| 9 | He sat down and , thrusting his hands into his trouser pockets , stared coolly at the audience which sat in complete silence before him . |
| 10 | I ca n't see your face when you sit in that comer , ’ said Bella. ‘ — You thought the world of that Simon , did n't you ? — I know just what it 's like . |
| 11 | You mean to say that you sit in this room all day , brooding on the memory of a dead film-star ? |
| 12 | She sits in that bloody chair and drools like a baby and makes as much sense . |
| 13 | You were right to point out that from now until polling day , whenever it may be , will be somewhat tortuous not just for the watching public but for Members who sit in this Chamber . |
| 14 | Why do n't you sit in that seat ? |
| 15 | His father , who sat in nine Parliaments for Dorset or Weymouth , was prominent as an opponent of the court in the 1620s and as a Royalist in the civil war . |
| 16 | Except the O'Neil family in the first row of the circle , who sat in stupefied amazement , hardly believing what they had witnessed . |
| 17 | When most of the dancers had set off for home , and Lucy had given Josie reason to assume that she 'd done the same , she sat in one of the empty offices for a while and then returned to the wardrobe department . |
| 18 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 19 | Afterwards she sat in one of the chairs and lit a cigarette , still in the bathrobe ; Magill seemed to like his women never quite naked . |
| 20 | She sat in gloomy silence , pushing her food round her plate . |
| 21 | You sat in that same spot and I stood right here . |
| 22 | We sit in one of the slightly faded birthrooms . |
| 23 | And what I think it would be helpful for us to talk about is where we sit in this business , just for half an hour , where does T N T sit in the industry ? |
| 24 | In the October heat haze we sat in stately convoy among huge 5-litre cars — all floating like ships becalmed at a docile 54mph . |
| 25 | We sat in adjacent chairs opposite him and he asked , ‘ Why are you here ? ’ |
| 26 | We sat in one of those lounges that are part of a huge bar area and the windows were misted up with condensation ; when you rubbed them you still could n't see much because of all the rain dripping down outside . |
| 27 | We sat in two old , well-upholstered armchairs . |
| 28 | And we sat in two rows and two horses pulling at us . |
| 29 | Karen and I were waiting here nobody invi we sat in all night and watched T V actually . |
| 30 | We sat in heavy silence for a long time . |