Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] sit [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At tea I sat next to a gentleman in a wheelchair — there were two people shooting from wheelchairs that day . |
| 2 | So the figure who sat inert and limp was Simon , Ashley realised numbly . |
| 3 | What we will end up with , no matter who wins , is a Minister for Sport who sits some distance from the corridors of power , who will likely be attached to some other ministry like Agriculture and Fisheries ( file ‘ Sport ’ under ‘ Codswallop ’ ) and who will spend a parliamentary career powerless , penniless and potless . |
| 4 | That girl who sat next to me |
| 5 | This was collected from beneath a tree in the fringing woodland of Lake Baringo in Kenya while the owl itself sat tight in the tree above . |
| 6 | After she 'd left the room I sat still in bed for a while , thinking it really was n't so funny after all . |
| 7 | My casual posture , feet crossed and resting 3 ft ( 914.5 mm ) high up the door frame of the train carriage , my wry chuckling as I conceive notions for this wee book , certainly have had an effect on the middle aged Polish man and his Welsh wife who sit opposite each other at the window . |
| 8 | The person you sit next to on an aeroplane is a prospect . |
| 9 | On one occasion she sat alone for six hours travelling up to Carlisle . |
| 10 | The next day we sit amazed watching people dancing on top of the Berlin Wall . |
| 11 | ‘ Get me to a fucking hospital , ’ he said , frantically shaking the arm of the man who sat next to him . |
| 12 | The door was opened for him by a secretary who sat alone in a corner . |
| 13 | But he insisted , so in the end she sat still and d'Urberville kissed her . |
| 14 | People came and went , but almost nobody stayed to eat ; Lucy had the dining area beside the counter more or less to herself , apart from a business type in an Aquascutum raincoat who sat two tables away reading a caravan magazine . |
| 15 | He loved the music that she made on her cello , and the way she sat curved around it , seeming to listen to its inner voice as she played . |
| 16 | All the way back to the hotel he sat hunched and silent in the rear of the taxi , his eyes closed . |
| 17 | In fact I sat next to her at a lunch in Abingdon a few years ago , and erm this image one got of her of not being a listener is totally untrue erm every time she turned to me it was to listen to what I had to say . |
| 18 | And Jackdaws Castle which sits high on the Cotswolds is now looking down on the racing world … |
| 19 | In the great Emptiness you sit complacent , |
| 20 | ‘ But it is the owner 's view that Jimmy does not suit Cool Ground , and he says he prefers a jockey who sits still and allows the horse to take him along to his fences . |