Example sentences of "[pron] sat [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat a moment cursing the junkie builders , then suddenly the thought came : Hang on , Jimbo , this could be good news ( there 's nothing like a crack on the nut with a lead pipe to wake a body up ) , this could mean we 've got fresh water piped to the back door whenever it rains , and sucks to the waterboard . |
| 2 | They sent me a reply back and I sat an exam . |
| 3 | No other state imposed tests of such severity ; of the sixty-six candidates who sat the entrance examination in 1913 only five achieved permanent posts . |
| 4 | She sat the cafetière firmly back down on its stand . |
| 5 | I would be honoured if you sat a while with us and shared the ch ‘ a . ‘ |
| 6 | So without knowing any more than you knew when you sat the exam , you could pick up an extra three marks there . |
| 7 | It is even possible that now and again an extra long detour may have caused us to walk below the windows of Braemar Mansions ( ‘ not mansions , ’ wrote Ivy , ‘ but converted out of houses ’ ) , little knowing that there sat the sibyl who would completely have understood all our troubles . |
| 8 | Rigid with hatred , they sat a foot apart , with Perdita rammed against Luke . |
| 9 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 10 | The dark room was untidy , a large bundle of clothes lay near the wardrobe door , on the bed lay the misshapen form of the Windsor tailor and next to him sat the figure of his youngest daughter . |
| 11 | Beside her sat the treasurer , a formidable figure of some sixty years of age , in a pink gauze turban which did little to soften her high , bald forehead or her arrogant expression . |
| 12 | He sat a foot away from her on the edge of the bed . |
| 13 | The stuff spun his head , he felt his hair : an instant sprout , so that he sat a half-inch taller . |
| 14 | He sat a hand on Riven 's good shoulder and rocked him slightly . |
| 15 | At the age of 19 he sat the Queen 's Scholarship Examination , which he would have to pass if he wished to pursue any form of teacher-training after the initial apprenticeship . |
| 16 | Quiss walked over to a large range of working surfaces , hotplates , sinks and racks ; he sat the scullion down on a flat surface only for steam to issue suddenly from its rear ; it squawked and jumped up . |
| 17 | He sat the boy on a seat and looked down his throat . |
| 18 | When he was finished he sat the boy up and tousled his hair . |
| 19 | Behind it sat a man whose physical appearance was out of all keeping with his professional stature . |
| 20 | Next to us sat a man and his two children . |