Example sentences of "he sat [adv prt] at " in BNC.

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1 He sat down at last to silence , but as a man fulfilled : the tutorial was over .
2 He sat down at his desk , straightening his things that Lee had moved , putting them where they had been before , in the exact spot .
3 He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw .
4 He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number .
5 He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine .
6 When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’
7 He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned .
8 When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy .
9 He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter .
10 He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’
11 He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper .
12 She nodded , because for shame she could do nothing but nod , and he sat down at her table .
13 as if that kind of world were possible or real , he sat down at his desk and wrote cheques for the bills .
14 Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road .
15 ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there .
16 He sat down at his desk , not looking at Morris , his face rigid with anger .
17 He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands .
18 ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm .
19 He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food .
20 Then he sat down at the table and started to work again .
21 He sat down at the table again and began to read .
22 ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table .
23 He sat down at the far end of the table .
24 He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below .
25 Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body .
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