Example sentences of "she sat [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened her eyes very wide as this thought slipped into her mind , but as she sat considering this new idea , she knew that she was right . |
| 2 | She pinched herself , but might as well have been pinching the padded plastic of the bed on which she sat for all the sensation she felt . |
| 3 | In old age she sat for long periods by her bedroom window , looking out over roof-tops to distant church spires and tower blocks . |
| 4 | In Bucharest she sat for 48 hours in her hotel , waiting for word from her Romanian solicitor . |
| 5 | They settled Iris in the passenger seat of the Golf , where she sat with closed eyes . |
| 6 | She sat with extraordinary stillness , then she said : |
| 7 | She sat with bowed head for a moment then looked directly at him and replied , ‘ It is only my child , sir , the wanting of my child , and suddenly seeing a way to get him , and then it being taken away . |
| 8 | She sat on one of the longest-haired mats , draped the dogs around her , and catechized him about Fred with an insistence that he took for childishness . |
| 9 | And then , as she sat on one of the small bunks and listened as the twins said their prayers , the last remnants of her bruised pride vanished when Ross gave her shoulder a warm , affectionate squeeze . |
| 10 | Here she sat amidst all the beauty she had created — miserable as hell . |
| 11 | She sat through other evidence , with her policeman husband Mark Smith , at Gloucester 's Shire Hall , while seven doctors and 3 midwives gave evidence . |
| 12 | When most of the dancers had set off for home , and Lucy had given Josie reason to assume that she 'd done the same , she sat in one of the empty offices for a while and then returned to the wardrobe department . |
| 13 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 14 | Afterwards she sat in one of the chairs and lit a cigarette , still in the bathrobe ; Magill seemed to like his women never quite naked . |
| 15 | She sat in gloomy silence , pushing her food round her plate . |
| 16 | She sat like that for what seemed like ages while I tramped round the room , nervous and on edge and blabbering with the excitement . |
| 17 | She sat among coarse dune-grass and fixed on the distant |