Example sentences of "i sat for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |
| 2 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 3 | Upstream , through the gorge known as the Wachau , runs one of the prettiest stretches of the river and I sat for a pleasant hour on its embankment watching the swallows skim its waters . |
| 4 | I sat for a while watching the scenery slide by , wild uninhabited stretches of green and autumn-blazing trees , grey rocks and blue lakes punctuated by tiny hamlets and lonely houses , all vivid in the afternoon sunshine , a panoramic impression of the vastness of Canada and the smallness of her population . |
| 5 | After the girls had gone I sat for a little time , thinking . |
| 6 | I sat for a while holding the baby under my hands . |
| 7 | I sat for a long while , clutching the unfinished poem , gazing beyond it . |
| 8 | When he disappeared behind the dunes I sat for a while , scratching my crotch as the wind played with my hair and the birds returned to their nests . |