Example sentences of "[pers pn] was sitting [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was sitting under a tree opposite our trench , chatting to a Scottish friend . |
| 2 | I was sitting under a tree in the evening coolness and I watched her . |
| 3 | I was sitting under Marcus 's chair in the garden on one of those days when he stays at home when I heard this noise from next door . |
| 4 | I was sitting beside the window . |
| 5 | But what we 'll do is take it there early in the morning , we 'll get he back the bus back to Liverpool , we 'll go to the pier head and we 'll go on the ferry to New Brighton and there was me prattling all on at him and the next thing er , you di , we did n't know that , we thought we were on the main right of way street and your dad started to go across and I looked , your dad was driving , I was sitting beside him and coming towards us along this other road , which had the right of way but we did n't know was a little black mini , I was a ergh , ergh oh Harry , Harry ! |
| 6 | I was sitting between the principal of a college for policewomen and a rather saucy lady novelist . ’ |
| 7 | No , you did n't put any money anywhere , cos I was sitting over there |
| 8 | He took the list , that list right there , and he went like this with it — I was sitting across the table — and he said , ‘ For someone who has seen so much war as you have , North , you should understand that I want to end the war on terms that are acceptable to Iran . |
| 9 | I was sitting on the deck , my back exposed to the sun . |
| 10 | I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when the news travelled from passenger to passenger : ‘ The president of the United States has been shot . ’ |
| 11 | But I was sitting on the sands of Ke Iki at midnight with a fairy-tale princess , a Botticelli Venus whose long blonde tresses reflected golden glints from the fire . |
| 12 | I was sitting on my fishing stool wearing winter clothes , and a sailcloth robe thrown over me for extra warmth . |
| 13 | I WAS sitting on the other side of the fence with a vengeance on Friday evening , when I joined a large and motley chorus to sing Hiawatha 's Wedding Feast by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor . |
| 14 | One day I was sitting on the roof with Chola and Mina , shelling wild walnuts for oil . |
| 15 | When my husband came in , bringing the new neighbours with him , I was sitting on the floor , one foot wedged in the lavatory basin , and with the broken seat round my neck ! |
| 16 | I was sitting on the wall between our yard and the next , so I could hear every word . |
| 17 | One afternoon after tennis I was sitting on a drawing-room sofa at Bemersyde when Dawyck 's dog , a long black cocker spaniel called Wasp , came and nuzzled up against me in the most friendly manner . |
| 18 | As a 13-year-old child , I was sitting on a train when a middle-aged man came over and started talking . |
| 19 | I remember a horrifying dream I had during one Wimbledon wherein I was sitting on top of a tall step-ladder half-way down the garden in the umpire 's position — not awarding points to the thrusting vegetation below but conducting them with a baton . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I was sitting on the edge of my seat , jumping up and down , shouting , ‘ If you win it 's because you try and if you lose you must not cry ’ . |
| 21 | And I used this line but it did n't sound so effective because I was sitting on a bicycle . |
| 22 | And then , damn me , it was clear that I was sitting on someone ! |
| 23 | I could smell her scent , very sharp and close , through the fog and dog smells at the foot of the lamp-post where I was sitting on the ground . |
| 24 | I was sitting on a chair near the door , and I could just hear Greta Ross 's voice speaking on the phone . |
| 25 | Yes er but I do n't think he knew what I did , I think he thought I used to take the boiling water upstairs you see int he bedroom and er I think he just thought I was sitting on it to open the womb . |
| 26 | I was sitting on the sofa , quietly crying ; I think I was wishing that Auschwitz looked better than it did , just now , with its windless heat and plagues of flies homing in on the marshes . |
| 27 | M ( I was sitting on my bed , smoking . |
| 28 | On another occasion I was sitting on a bank with my feet on the headland , and Walter was coming along with his horses . |
| 29 | I was sitting on the floor of the pantry , in my special place , drawing and feeling a little sad . |
| 30 | I was sitting on a seat in the park , enjoying the sunshine , when suddenly I felt deathly sick . |