Example sentences of "sit [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
| 2 | In the gents loo , an old guy sits doing the Daily Record crossword while the red-faced clubbers wearing a mixture of sportsgear , the odd Happy Mondays G-Mex sweatshirt , ponchos and flares set to work on their hair with free gel and mousse . |
| 3 | Could anybody bring us a bottle down here you know because that would be nice would n't it on a on a cool Saturday afternoon here as we sit overlooking the grand metropolis of York . |
| 4 | He was sitting facing the Assistant Commissioner ( Crime ) , across a desk so neat and orderly and so well polished that you knew no serious work could be done at it . |
| 5 | And we were sitting having a wee drink |
| 6 | Sometimes , we can be sitting having a quiet drink when someone will come across for an autograph and I remember who I 'm with . |
| 7 | An hour later the phone rang in New Scotland Yard where John McLeish was sitting reading the scene-of-crime report . |
| 8 | His top-storey apartment had a glass dome which allowed him to sit watching the falling stars . |
| 9 | The W.C. , however , was outside , and I used to indulge in a small secret smile when , having crept out on a freezing night to the little ‘ necessary house ’ , I must needs sit facing an outdated calendar showing a picture of ‘ A Sunny Haven ’ . |
| 10 | They sat enjoying the fragrant smells and the coolness after their dusty ride through the city . |
| 11 | Selkirk sat enjoying the English clerk 's discomfort . |
| 12 | Nutty , unnoticed , had joined the group on Midnight , and sat surveying the new horseflesh without enthusiasm . |
| 13 | They sat sipping the strong , dark brew and chatted idly about nothing in particular , enjoying the warm velvety air , the star-dusted turquoise sky slowly changing to amethyst and the heady-sweet scent from a clump of yellow broom . |
| 14 | Maybe it would be better if we sat facing the other way ? |
| 15 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 16 | They sat savouring the malty brew for a while with the darkness silent outside the windows . |
| 17 | Her role was to distract the holy Thérèse , who sat reading the local newspaper inside the pigsty , and make her look up . |
| 18 | I met Jamie in the lounge bar of the Cauldhame Arms for lunch and we sat playing an electronic game over a TV table . |
| 19 | Dad sat poking the dead ashes in the grate and sucking on his empty clay pipe . |
| 20 | There was a table at one end where a principal officer and a couple of others sat overseeing the whole lot . |
| 21 | Two hours later , as they sat watching an Irish comedian telling jokes that she herself considered quite unsuitable for family viewing , jokes that she hoped were incomprehensible to Celia and her grandparents , the telephone rang : it was her mother , to report that Liz had not telephoned . |
| 22 | So I just sat watching the passing scene until I caught the eye of a waiter and ordered some wine . |
| 23 | When Richard had gone she sat watching the other guests ; Stella was chatting animatedly to a lean , grey-haired man . |