Example sentences of "[pers pn] sit [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Above them sit the bold , craggy edges — the first of which is Raven Stones on the very lip of the plateau .
2 During his three years at University College , London , he got work each Christmas with the post office in his home town of Woking : ‘ When I was coming to the end of my university period I sat a civil service examination with possible jobs at the end which included income tax , the secret service and the post office which involved travelling as a management trainee .
3 I do n't think er , I do n't think you do do work , enough work , either of you really I mean if I sat an eleven plus today , by what , if they ever brought it back , it 'll be a lot different than what it was then
4 She sat a long time by herself , looking at the forsythia .
5 In 1920 she sat the competitive examination to enter the International Labour Office in Geneva and joined its agricultural service .
6 well I mean if you 've been in , you sat the opposite way
7 Beside him sit the other island dignitaries , the representatives of each of the six communities into which the island is divided .
8 They sit every two months in the Verderers ' Hall in the Queen 's House at Lyndhurst , and deal with cases concerning common rights , unlawful enclosures , purprestures and encroachments .
9 They sit no more at familiar tables of home ;
10 Either side of him sat a large , so lid man : one caught Marcus 's eye and he began an earnest inspection of the floor .
11 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 .
12 Beside her sat a tousled youth , enveloped in a woolly scarf .
13 But seated half-way down one side of the table and with no one opposite her sat an old lady .
14 Between us and the stairs was the desk , and behind it sat a fiftyish thin man with a lined but peaceful face .
15 In it sat a tiny beetle wearing goggles .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life .
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