Example sentences of "were sitting on [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They were sitting on two upturned kegs in the dark of the fo'c'sle — had been sitting for ever and longer , she felt .
2 We were sitting on adjacent banquettes at whatever that school of ours was called ( Stuart will know — ask Stuart ) .
3 They were sitting on either side of a dying fire .
4 She was telling them a story , and they were sitting on either side of her on the sofa with their mouths hanging slightly open , Gawain meditatively fingering a lock of her long , dark hair , Damian staring at her and absently scratching his balls .
5 Holmes and I were sitting on either side of a bright fire in our sitting room in Baker Street .
6 They were sitting on opposite sides of the small hollow .
7 She led her up a stone staircase into a small room where Brownies were sitting on wooden toadstools .
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