Example sentences of "[pron] sit by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dreamed last night that I sat by a fire with Grandmother & my brother & when I woke up I still felt my brother 's hand . |
| 2 | I sat by the phone and rang as many of them as I could , reassuring the ones who were home . |
| 3 | From Keld to Wain Wath Force was a quarter-mile of road-walking and , leaving the road below the force , I sat by the bridge on the track to West Stonesdale Farm with my milkless tea and sandwiches . |
| 4 | I sat by the fire knitting and er he said , I can see . |
| 5 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |
| 6 | So I I sat by the side of this other car for about five minutes you know ? |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ King George replied , ‘ you ca n't change the world if you sit by the fire . |
| 8 | You know , she sits by the window . |
| 9 | ‘ Whenever I bring something home , she sits by the box until I take it out . |
| 10 | All chintz curtains and birdcages in the windows , many of them are the homes of old railwaymen who sit by the fire , dreaming of Gresley Pacifics and Stanier Jubilees . |
| 11 | Before her appearance she sat by the edge of the stage completely terrified . |
| 12 | She sat by the road and waited , for three days . |
| 13 | She sat by the fire and pretended she was quite happy alone , just sitting quietly and thinking , but Hepzibah knew better . |
| 14 | She sat by the lake and drew and laughed . |
| 15 | When Finn had gone to bed she sat by the fire and looked at the flames . |
| 16 | She sat by the drawing-room fire with them . |
| 17 | I says , well , I says , I was reading a book and an old wifey that lived up at and she was about ninety six , and this chap that was interviewing her , well he would n't be interviewing her but he said she sat by the fire and she hostied and clochered until she nearly spewed . |
| 18 | Lisa 's fingers were wrapped around her teacup as she sat by the gas fire , staring into it . |
| 19 | He was holding her there without duress , pinning her where she sat by the sheer magnetism of his physical presence . |
| 20 | In the living room she sat by the fire and glanced again at the envelope . |
| 21 | She sat by the guttering fire and watched creatures move along the river . |
| 22 | We sit by the edge of the gully facing the altar rock . |
| 23 | ‘ Shall we sit by the window ? ’ he enquired , glancing down at her . |
| 24 | We sat by the fire , listened to the news on the radio and ate baked beans . |
| 25 | We sat by the dining-room fire drinking our hot tea . |
| 26 | ‘ I remember him sitting by the fire all wrapped up an' coughing . ’ |
| 27 | Her words came back to me as I pictured her sitting by the fire in her tiny croft . |
| 28 | They sat by the fire all the time . |
| 29 | As they sat by the fire without speaking , Breeze felt the gulf of a generation between them . |
| 30 | Together they sat by the balcony overlooking avenue Foch and cried in each other 's arms until the early hours . |