Example sentences of "she sat [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Edward paid the taxi driver in advance and all the way home she sat in a happy daze . |
| 32 | She sat in a corner of the playroom , dressed in the brown serge dress and white apron she had been given , and tried to think how she could run away . |
| 33 | She sat in a chair with a shawl over her shoulders to keep off the draughts . |
| 34 | Aboard the plane as it climbed and headed out over the Gulf of Finland she sat in a daze . |
| 35 | She sat in a seat near the doors . |
| 36 | She sat in a heap at the kitchen table . |
| 37 | Two days later , she sat in a small bar , which was the latest haunt of the upwardly-mobile in Washington DC . |
| 38 | She sat in a corner facing the door , her lip now hurting badly . |
| 39 | She sat in a quiet , dark corner listening to the service . |
| 40 | When she sat in a chair her feet did n't meet the ground ; they swung about , kicking under her long grey skirt . |
| 41 | She sat in a fury of indecision and worry , wondering if he and Ace had met . |
| 42 | Though she sat in a drift of sun-warmed air from the open window , she shivered . |
| 43 | ‘ Gee , ’ Charity Marlowe responded drily from where she sat in a decrepit upholstered chair , her head thrown back , her hair hidden under a towel , and her eyes clenched tightly shut . |
| 44 | She sat like a small spruce viper , neatly coiled opposite him . |
| 45 | She sat behind a stream of cars stopped at the traffic intersections till they surged onwards and then stopped again . |