Example sentences of "sat [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat still for a while , steadying himself , waiting for explanations to arrange themselves in his head . |
| 2 | They sat still for a second , then Evans stood up and pushed his chair back and the others followed . |
| 3 | Always got like that when he sat still for a long time . |
| 4 | She sat still for a full five minutes , then stood up brusquely . |
| 5 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 6 | After he 'd gone Sarella sat still for a few moments with her head resting on the chair-back . |
| 7 | Eventually she stopped , and sat motionless for a long time , watching him go . |
| 8 | She sat immobile for a long time , staring into the embers of the dying fire , her thoughts so chaotic that she could hardly make any order out of them . |
| 9 | Philippa sat quiet for a while . |
| 10 | He sat quiet for a while . |
| 11 | When she had finished and was stirring a saccharine tablet into her coffee , he sat silent for a while , his little eyes half closed , his pursed lips showing that he was thinking hard . |
| 12 | He sat silent for a long moment , recollecting how the past few years had dealt with Donata Blount and her family . |
| 13 | He sat silent for a moment , glancing with a look of displeasure at the cars jamming them in on either side . |
| 14 | She sat silent for a while , making a decision . |
| 15 | Maeve sat silent for a while . |
| 16 | He sat silent for a long moment , considering her soberly from beneath knitted brows . |
| 17 | He sat silent for a moment , thinking . |