Example sentences of "[noun sg] sit [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the highest value was put on just being there , the willingness to sit by a bedside and to do more listening than talking , the patience with inconsistencies and sudden reversals of mood and the readiness to come back , week after week . |
| 2 | In its simplest use , the computer sits in a corner and each child has an individual session with relevant material ; so inevitably only a short time would normally be available . |
| 3 | And despite his hectic intercontinental schedule — commuting from his home in Paris to his musical duties in Chicago and Berlin ( where he has recently been appointed head of the Berlin Staatsoper ) — he always tries to set aside an hour or so every afternoon to sit in a cafe , nursing a coffee ( while , of course , veiling himself in a cloud of cigar smoke ) . |
| 4 | He slipped his arm around her and they walked through the park to sit on a secluded seat there . |
| 5 | The car has a distinctive siren and the driver sits in a very elevated position , giving him a clear view over the bows ! |
| 6 | The male sits on a favoured perch and when this is visited by a rival he sidles up to the intruder . |
| 7 | The building sits beside a river and is surrounded by carefully landscaped lawns — a far cry from the old office above the Uxbridge JS , only a mile down the road . |
| 8 | The building sits on a awkward site on the left bank of the Seine . |
| 9 | The parliament building sits in a square like the keep of a castle . |
| 10 | The entertainer calls out a number and one person from each side sits in a chair . |
| 11 | Also , my machine 's QVision card sits in a slow 8MHz ISA expansion slot , which restrains it considerably . |
| 12 | Count Jovian , after three years at an English university , has no mind to sit on a throne : |
| 13 | The NATO Secretary-General , Manfred Wörner , commented that " to see defence ministers who were in a sense at the heart of the Cold War confrontation sitting in a spirit of partnership around the same table is a remarkable and moving event " . |
| 14 | Each girl had a room allocated to her and each floor had a cashier sitting behind a desk . |
| 15 | The odd , lugubrious figure sitting on a stool at the bar was now completely hidden from view along with the half-caste man yanking the arm of the one-armed bandit a few yards away . |
| 16 | Seb recognised the disconsolate figure sitting on a milestone at the top of a hill , no more than two and a half miles from Swinbrook . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't remember her really , only as a figure sitting in a chair … |
| 18 | Looking inside , he was aware of a misty atmosphere and a figure sitting in a chair at a desk . |
| 19 | He indicates a figure sitting in a corner of the darkened , empty lobby . |
| 20 | There may be truth in such a suggestion ; and my own dislike of it may stem from nothing more profound than my intense dislike of the word ‘ leisure ’ , suggesting to me , as it does , the spectacle of some drone-figure sitting in a deck-chair while someone else mows the lawn , or a grim marina , packed with empty yachts . |
| 21 | I remember my wedding ring sitting on a fat burgundy cushion , Oliver leafing through the telephone directory looking for people with silly names , how I felt . |
| 22 | Bonanza sat in a huge oak chair . |
| 23 | poet sat upon a stool in a public place , a , |
| 24 | He pointed to where the priest sat on a chair just within the hall door . |
| 25 | The priest sat on a bench , facing him across the rough table . |
| 26 | Then he and a calmer Ranulf sat on a log at the edge of the trees . |
| 27 | Disappointment sat like a boulder inside Juliet 's stomach . |
| 28 | The President sat at a plain wooden desk to the right of the door through to the front room . |
| 29 | Torpedo-shaped glass lifts offered noiseless access to the different levels , on one of which a pianist sat at a grand piano playing classical music while an enormous golden pendulum suspended from the roof swung slowly from one side of the atrium to the other . |
| 30 | Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage . |