Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] sit [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life . |
| 2 | At one of them sat the men who , she was sure , had jeered at her from the wall beside the petrol pumps and were now slapping down playing cards and shouting Ventidue ! with much of their remaining strength . |
| 3 | The SP1 runs AIX/6000 Version 3.2.3 on top of which sits the Parallel Operating Environment . |
| 4 | But seated half-way down one side of the table and with no one opposite her sat an old lady . |
| 5 | Either side of him sat a large , so lid man : one caught Marcus 's eye and he began an earnest inspection of the floor . |
| 6 | Behind it sat a man whose physical appearance was out of all keeping with his professional stature . |
| 7 | Between us and the stairs was the desk , and behind it sat a fiftyish thin man with a lined but peaceful face . |
| 8 | Above them sit the bold , craggy edges — the first of which is Raven Stones on the very lip of the plateau . |
| 9 | The P-bridge is the very essence of simplicity , being a face-mounted plate of thin chrome-plated steel , upon which sit a pair of saddle barrels , each carrying two strings and offering intonation adjustment via two , tail-mounted screws , and height adjustment via threaded adjusters . |
| 10 | Cast iron gutter lengths have a ‘ socket ’ on one end , inside which sits the non-socket ( or ‘ spigot ’ ) end of the next length . |
| 11 | In it sat a tiny beetle wearing goggles . |
| 12 | In the corner farthest from the camera are propped lengths of beading with , to the right , a bracketed shelf on which sit a bottle and stone jars containing french polish . |
| 13 | Made from sterling silver and standing 30 inches high the cup weighs 325 ozs , has two handles and is topped with a lid on which sits a miniature football . |
| 14 | Beside him sit the other island dignitaries , the representatives of each of the six communities into which the island is divided . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | At the controls sat a youngish man in no sort of uniform , and beside him sat an older man in cleanish overalls with grease on his fingers . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Beside her sat a tousled youth , enveloped in a woolly scarf . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There the bailiffs pushed and shoved me through a porticoed entrance , down a long , dark , musty passageway into the main well of the court , fastening me to the bar ; beyond it sat the three magistrates before a square table ringed by clerks . |
| 21 | There were screens around her bed , and beside it sat the young Sub-lieutenant , almost as motionless as the form under the sheets , staring earnestly at the bandaged head and the small white face . |
| 22 | Next to us sat a man and his two children . |