Example sentences of "[noun prp] sitting [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he saw Creed sitting in the back of a black car parked on the Crumbles . |
| 2 | From the far side of the swimming pool they caught sight of Dora sitting on the terrace , reading . |
| 3 | I thought he was working there , but when I opened the door I saw Neil sitting in the driver 's seat . |
| 4 | As they approached , they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks , cleaning his face with his paws . |
| 5 | Uncle Alfred woke from his day-long nap to find Anabelle sitting by the canal . |
| 6 | ‘ Simon sitting between the twins and Piggy , wiped his mouth and shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy who grabbed it . |
| 7 | In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list . |
| 8 | For it 's no use looking to this novel for even a premonition of a cleansed Russia sitting at the feet of Jesus . |
| 9 | I found Miss Havisham and Estella sitting in the same room , with candles burning as usual . |
| 10 | She had expected to find them both still in bed , and was surprised by the noises from the kitchen , but she poked her head round the door and saw Maggie sitting at the kitchen table eating Weetabix in a reassuringly healthy way . |
| 11 | That happens in the opening verse of our lesson ; we 're told that Jesus was in his own city , almost certainly Capernaum , and he saw Matthew sitting in the tax office . |
| 12 | All this happened in total silence with Kenny sitting on the other side of me , totally unaware that my life was changing . |
| 13 | As I recall , I had conveyed a plea to Miss Kenton for assistance — via a messenger , naturally — and had left M. Dupont sitting in the billiard room awaiting his nurse , when the first footman had come hurrying down the staircase in some distress to inform me that my father had been taken ill upstairs . |
| 14 | And now , here was Matilda sitting in the classroom with a curiously exalted look on her face and asking if she could have a private talk . |
| 15 | We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella . |
| 16 | Evelyn looked across at Rose sitting in the midst of them all but managing somehow to remain completely apart . |
| 17 | I found Springsteen sitting on the draining-board gazing out of the kitchen window , which I have to open for him so he can come and go as he likes . |
| 18 | When the daily help came through the back door and into the kitchen , she found Beth sitting at the table , breathless and dishevelled . |
| 19 | ‘ Does she mention David these days ? ’ asked Rachel curiously , looking out of the window at Jennifer sitting on the patio in her wheelchair talking to her father . |
| 20 | When I 'd left the horse in the yard and gone in for breakfast I found both Mackie and Sam Yaeger sitting at the table with Tremayne , all of them discussing that day 's racing at Nottingham . |
| 21 | Jack sitting on the flying seat of an early Maurice Farman ‘ pusher ’ biplane . |
| 22 | ‘ Wo n't be long , ’ said Tom , and he took the haversack from Willie and left him and Sammy sitting on the stone steps . |
| 23 | ‘ I knew it , ’ she said , finding Rosalba sitting on the stone bench under the wisteria in the courtyard . |
| 24 | Salt looked round at an unusually pale and quiet Sally sitting by the fire . |
| 25 | Watching Violet sitting through the preliminaries to the world title elimination bout was rather like watching her son as he prepared for the fight . |
| 26 | After a couple of deep breaths , she felt well enough to open her eyes , and as the mists cleared she focused on a most peculiar tableau : Jackie Tiptoe sitting on the floor next to Rose Williams , holding her hand and murmuring in her ear . |
| 27 | He had seen Tommy Allen sitting in the dining rooms that morning and noticed the young man exchange a few words with her before he left . |
| 28 | When she went to the dining-room she was disappointed to find only Matt sitting at the corner table , while of Silas there was no sign . |
| 29 | THE last time I saw Sting he was with Mrs Sting sitting on the TV-am sofa reminding us of our duty to the rainforests . |
| 30 | She walked into the make-up room , then stopped in her tracks at the sight of Marianne sitting in the chair before the mirror . |