Example sentences of "we sit [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sit on wooden boxes round the heavy tables with their curling iron legs , and because the lollies are set on sticks splintered from firewood you sometimes get a skelf in your mouth as you suck , intent on the Lone Ranger . |
| 2 | We sat at long desks which held five pupils . |
| 3 | I 'm convinced he drew me aside , away from Jeeta and Jamila , into the store-room , where we sat on wooden boxes like skiving factory workers , because he was ashamed , or at least bashful , about his unsweet victory . |
| 4 | Mary brought out a rough-and-ready picnic on a doth and we sat under old apple trees on which the apples were already beginning to glow with ripeness . |
| 5 | In the October heat haze we sat in stately convoy among huge 5-litre cars — all floating like ships becalmed at a docile 54mph . |
| 6 | We sat in adjacent chairs opposite him and he asked , ‘ Why are you here ? ’ |
| 7 | We sat in heavy silence for a long time . |
| 8 | We sat in stubborn silence for a minute . |
| 9 | The room we sat in contained two television sets , two oak sideboards , slightly lower than the ceiling and four clocks all stopped at different times . |