Example sentences of "[pers pn] as they sit " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he conveyed Sam 's request to her as they sat around the table at tea-time , he was bewildered by his daughter 's reaction ! |
| 2 | Rosie whispered ‘ scopare ’ to her as they sat beside each other at a concert in a dark and chilly palace behind the square . |
| 3 | Jenna looked across at him as they sat with their coffee in the sitting-room that still bore the signs of her mother 's impeccable taste . |
| 4 | ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery . |
| 5 | Knowing that she turned the peeping Toms on with her performances — and that they could do nothing about it as they sat there , transfixed by her sex and her flagrant use of it . |
| 6 | In the evenings the merchants invited us to join them as they sat chatting on their cots in the middle of the courtyard . |
| 7 | There was a silence then , an uneasy stillness between the two of them as they sat facing each other . |
| 8 | Empty plates with crumbs from a chicken pie littered the floor around them as they sat in the late evening peace , that Monday night . |