Example sentences of "[pron] sat [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was up early next morning with a clanging hangover , and as I sat beside the bed watching Dana sleep , I wrote one of the several poems of that period about insomnia and my vigil over my sleeping friend 's form , ‘ The Lonely Insomniac ’ : |
| 2 | Normally a sucker , I sat under the piano and chewed ravenously , ripping the cellophane off the next and the next as I did so . |
| 3 | He shouted at me so I sat under the table and waited for him to put some food down . |
| 4 | Well , I sat through the service , tryin' not ter fall asleep , an' then the tea an' biscuits came round . |
| 5 | Simon , his wife Nancy , Jack and I sat through the first act of the sold-out play . |
| 6 | The point I I simply wanted to make which is why I I sat through the debate , erm is the honourable member for Edinburgh Central er in his er speech er which I I must say I did expect , called for stronger regulations , er we had the argument the other week about whether there should be statutory regulations or whether we should make er the er self regulation system that we have with financial services industries work . |
| 7 | From where I sat above the computer wizardry , it looked as though all three girls touched simultaneously . |
| 8 | Four days on , I sat with the Sheikha 's brother , the boy 's uncle , on the bay-window couch . |
| 9 | About 8 p.m. that evening Taff and I sat at the side of our slit trench eating what I thought was a rather dubious lump of meat . |
| 10 | I sat at the front of the coach , next to the driver . |
| 11 | In any case it would be better if I sat at the table , the light was better there and I should not get lazy . |
| 12 | At dinner the two cholerics carried on a huddled conversation while I sat at the end of the row feeling the cutlery might melt in my hands . |
| 13 | The next problem was how to deliver it , since I sat at the back in English ( our next lesson ) and Belinda sat at the front — which was how I knew that her hair touched her chair ! |
| 14 | I sat at the kitchen table , staring at the blind white blankness in front of me , and slowly , like a clear spring welling up from the common earth , the poem rose and spread and filled me , unstoppable as flood water , technique unknotting even as it ran , like snags rolled away on the flood . |
| 15 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |
| 16 | I SAT AT THE BAR of the Late Nite Lounge , watching the floor show . |
| 17 | Back in my room , I sat at the desk and considered . |
| 18 | I sat at the table we used to use and tried to think what I really believed . |
| 19 | A lovely lady , Molly Braithwaite , came to teach , and one day as I sat at the back I felt ‘ Surely I could do a little of that gently swinging ’ , picked up a club , and was off ‘ moving with the Medau ’ . |
| 20 | I sat on the gallery floor and watched through the balusters . |
| 21 | I sat on the shore and stared at all the junk left on the beach : beer bottles , paper wrappers , bits of clothing , shreds of cigarettes . |
| 22 | Afterwards I sat on the mat that smelled of dog while my mother and Josie talked . |
| 23 | THIS SEASON of violent contrasts started for me on TV-am where , as part of the Christmassy Victorianisation of After Nine , I sat on the sofa in bustle and bare bosom ( well , upper bosom anyway ) and suitably black-lace-becapped to be a Fin de Siecle ( nineteenth variety ) agony aunt . |
| 24 | This is a serious point , and I sat on the bridge thinking about how to settle it once and for all . |
| 25 | ‘ I sat on the train and could see other commuters walking past looking at the man in horror . |
| 26 | The next morning I sat on the front steps with my head in my hands . |
| 27 | Still suffering occasional wooziness from the altitude , I sat on the steps , turned my face to the warm sun and was subjected to my first unsuccessful robbery : two little nicks in the zip pocket of my top . |
| 28 | I sat on the wheelbarrow and sank my teeth into a fresh loaf . |
| 29 | I can not tell you my thoughts as I sat on the stand and watched the Arsenal playing far below their proper form . |
| 30 | He sat down on the wooden chair and I sat on the bed . |