Example sentences of "we sat [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 We sat along the wall at the back of the shops .
2 We sat at a special table and just told jokes about the Russians , the Americans , and ourselves . ’
3 As we sat at the loch eating a cold lunch , deciding who could first pin the blame on the other for messing up the day , we heard voices from the cliffs surrounding the lochan .
4 We sat at the head table … .
5 We sat at the upstairs bar with two tall glasses of iced white Eger wine , for which I paid .
6 And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down .
7 My Pete said , my Pete said do you mind that we sat at the table , I said yeah , that 's , that 's , that 's a
8 Manager : We sat with the clinicians and said , look we 've got to identify the capital to do this properly and we drew up a clinic scheme and then we had to compromise on what they wanted and John at one stage said , " I 'm sorry , that is what you 're getting .
9 We sat on a phone at Miami airport with a pile of quarters and a copy of the local Yellow Pages : ‘ Automobiles — Delivery and Drive-Away , ’ a couple of sheets of box ads and a user-friendly voice on the line .
10 The journey there was uneventful and we sat on a seat in the Market Place to eat our sandwiches .
11 It began to get quite hot so we sat on a mossy bank and shared an orange .
12 We sat on a tree that had been felled and ate some very tasty ham sandwiches -one of the few picnics I have ever been to .
13 We sat on a park bench in Clifton , having revisited the streets where Moggach lived during her time in Bristol .
14 We sat on a sofa beneath the doleful gaze of these trophies while Hasan plied us with drinks and an array of Egyptian delicacies which he brought simmering from the kitchen .
15 The water had to be drawn up out of one of a battery of long-necked cisterns behind the cottage , and when we had done that and fed the plants we sat on a seat by the Priapus arbour , with the unusual smell , in summer Greece , of verdant wet earth all around us .
16 ‘ During the first walk we saw a weka , but the second time was much more exciting because we sat on a log and waited for a kiwi to return to its nest . ’
17 As we sat on the top , recovering from the steep walk and admiring the view down into the valley and out to the plains beyond , the boys produced a rather crushed packet of cigarettes and all four of them puffed away merrily .
18 About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath .
19 We sat on the bank , dejected , wondering what we would have to do to find ‘ proper ’ trout fishing , such as we had been brought up with in our native land .
20 We sat on the sand and waited for the placings to come over the Tannoy .
21 He reminded me of this as we sat on the beach watching Ted and Carwyn having their hopes dashed on the Pipeline reef .
22 We sat on the hall floor , cross-legged , in our forms , with our form-mistress beside us , so as the Headmistress stood on the platform , she looked down upon a sea of faces , rows and rows of black-stockinged legs , and a long line of mistresses sitting on their chairs .
23 Afterwards we sat on the palette , facing each other , sharing the obligatory cigarette .
24 With his young assistant and a much-loved black cat we sat on the floor of his studio , sipped mint tea and listened to his words relating to the ancient science .
25 We sat on the sofa clinging on to one another until we stopped sobbing but I knew it was not over for her . ’
26 ‘ I closed the door and we sat on the bed .
27 We sat on the cloud covered summit , two Scots and three Germans , eating chocolate and sandwiches , the last party of the day , thinking apprehensively of the long way back but all happy to have reached the top .
28 Three days later we sat on the steps of the Promontoire hut , having proudly made it in guidebook time .
29 That evening we sat on the train bound for Paris .
30 We sat on the opposite sides of the partition and sensed each other 's misery .
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