Example sentences of "sit in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANY Scot who has ever sat in a drafty hall , feeling a mounting sense of doom while staring blankly at an exam paper has probably cursed Edinburgh-based Pillans & Wilson for collaborating in their misery by printing the question papers . |
| 2 | Throughout the meeting he has been observing one student , possibly in his thirties , who sits in a long wheelchair with his legs straight , parallel with the floor . |
| 3 | Now , the elderly man who endured a waiter 's dirty fingers in his lemonade at Montrose could hardly have been more famous or respected , and there he sits in a dirty inn , happy to enjoy a little quiet , and quite at ease to do so , even in the company of one of the most garrulous men in the realm whose nature abhorred a conversational vacuum ; Johnson even expressed a simple delight in being thought as silent as a ghost . |
| 4 | Most 486 processors are seated on a 168 or 169-pin PGA socket , whereas the Dell sits in a 238-pin socket . |
| 5 | He sits in a Second Empire armchair , a curling pipe in one side of his mouth , the other side opening and closing every few moments , like a fish breaking the surface , to let the smoke out , and listen expressionlessly while Howard explains his ideas for the script . |
| 6 | Encased in gold and encrusted with gems , the saint sits in a hieratic posture with staring eyes , looking every inch an oriental potentate . |
| 7 | Also , my machine 's QVision card sits in a slow 8MHz ISA expansion slot , which restrains it considerably . |
| 8 | If a large predatory bird sits in a conspicuous position it may find itself being mobbed by smaller birds , which call , display , and even attempt to dive-bomb it with pecking attacks . |
| 9 | I leap off my spot and down into the cabin where it sits in a predominant place . |
| 10 | The kind who sits in a little island in the middle of a highly polished marble floor , looking gorgeous and untouchable , but … ’ |
| 11 | But Krauss suggests that we know very well what sculpture is : it is a historically bounded category , with its own set of rules , which are not open to very much change : its internal logic is that of the monument , a commemorative representation , which sits in a particular place and ‘ speaks in a symbolic tongue about the meaning or use of that place ’ . |
| 12 | god sits in a spinning wheel of light . |
| 13 | A Citalia favourite for over 30 years , this hotel sits in a square close to the lake 's landing stage . |
| 14 | Johnny sits in a quiet corner of the pub with the Echo crossword and a rum and black . |
| 15 | She sits in a soft curve at her easel , gently swabbing away three centuries from a grumpy London sky . |
| 16 | When the big wigs arrived , however , they were barely acknowledged by a dour receptionist , told to sit in a grubby waiting area strewn with cigarette ends and empty coffee cups , and kept waiting for half an hour without either apology or explanation . |
| 17 | To sit in a plush cinema with Anna , Mama and Konstantin on the first night , watching the titles unroll ! |
| 18 | And if we 've got the project quality plan right there should n't be any problems or queries and it did remind me of this Australian er project manager , who I 've mentioned to one or two other people over lunch , who used to sit in a great , a great office , running multimillion pounds ' project and when people came in to complain to him , he used to refer them to the plaque on the wall which said R T F C. |
| 19 | A six-footer behind some-one of the same size in the driver 's seat would have to sit in a splayed knees/bent neck posture . |
| 20 | She left the shower-room and went to sit in a comfortable ‘ brown chair in the restroom . |
| 21 | We obeyed and went in to sit in a sombre half-circle round the fire . |
| 22 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
| 23 | Here senior police officers sit in a windowless room , facing a bank of video-monitors and operating , by remote control , TV cameras which can zoom in on any area of the terraces or stands . |
| 24 | They sit in a long line in York , yeah ? |
| 25 | Sit in a warm quiet room and turn off all bright lights . |
| 26 | Thirty yards back along the street they sit in a murky Cavalier . |
| 27 | You sit in a rocking chair but ca n't make it go . |
| 28 | If there was a grievance the students would refuse to eat their evening meal , and parade and make noises , or sit in a solid wall of silence . |
| 29 | If all the frogs pursue this policy , they sit in a tight clump . |
| 30 | Four men sit in a top-secret room . |