Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] sat a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either side of him sat a large , so lid man : one caught Marcus 's eye and he began an earnest inspection of the floor . |
| 2 | Behind it sat a man whose physical appearance was out of all keeping with his professional stature . |
| 3 | Between us and the stairs was the desk , and behind it sat a fiftyish thin man with a lined but peaceful face . |
| 4 | In it sat a tiny beetle wearing goggles . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Beside her sat a tousled youth , enveloped in a woolly scarf . |
| 7 | Next to us sat a man and his two children . |