Example sentences of "his seat at [art] " in BNC.

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1 As they approached , Reni rose from his seat at a table near the large rectangular pool which was the centrepiece of what — as Huy now saw it to be — was an unconventionally asymmetrical garden .
2 Buddie suddenly reached behind him with one hand , grabbed Frankie by the sleeve and yanked him from his seat at the table .
3 THE former chairman of the GLC 's Police Committee and member of Ken Livingstone 's municipal revolutionary guard , Boateng , 40 , has risen rapidly since gaining his seat at the last election .
4 He took his seat at the fireside , mug in hand , and glanced across at her .
5 Given that , in 1837 , Buxton initially opposed an immediate move against apprenticeship it is doubtful how much deference would have been shown his leadership by the convention , but he had anyway lost his seat at the recent election .
6 He went back to his seat at the head of the table .
7 Although Billing retained his seat at the 1918 general election , ill health forced his retirement in 1921 .
8 He was thus a particular target for the Tories , and according to his own account lost his seat at the 1702 election after a specific campaign against him inspired by the Tory leaders .
9 He sat in the 1835–7 Parliament as member for Harwich and assistant whip , losing his seat at the next general election .
10 Scales got up from his seat at the table in Wycliffe 's little office but Wycliffe waved him back .
11 He often raises that subject , and we understand his desperation about what will happen to his seat at the next election .
12 Moynihan , once a junior minister , who had lost his seat at the election , had had the good fortune to buy her a drink the evening before and had suggested ‘ an exquisite light lunch ’ at Macau , the town 's only Portuguese restaurant .
13 As Gabriel took his seat at the top of the pageant , hidden by a wooden cloud , Garvey robed himself down below in the Mason 's wedding robe , and Izzie emerged from nowhere to mend the tear in the shoulder-seam .
14 Anxiety is growing over the Government 's commitment to energy sources such as wind , wave and solar power since Colin Moynihan , the Energy Minister who championed the cause , lost his seat at the general election .
15 During his visit Mr Kinnock attacked the Government for its policies on housing , and predicted that the local Conservative MP would lose his seat at the next general election .
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