Example sentences of "sat [adv] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anthea Darnell sat wearily on the bedroom 's only chair , still wearing her black dress . |
| 2 | Once there , she sat nervously on the edge of a Louis XIV chair , her bare legs drawn together , her hands in her lap . |
| 3 | Maura sat nervously on the edge of the big double bed while he opened the bottle and brought her a glass . |
| 4 | It had a circular room with a compass inlaid in mahogany in the parquet floor , and here father and daughter sat side-by-side on the window seat while he coached her each evening in the school holidays . |
| 5 | Straw boaters sat perkily on the heads of office girls , and the hems of their long skirts swirled around their ankles . |
| 6 | Charles sat gingerly on the mock leopard . |
| 7 | Way back in 1957 I had talked my boss into allowing me to learn to fly helicopters with the British European Airways Helicopter Unit at Gatwick and in 1960 I sat in on the first ground school course BOAC conducted for their senior captains converting to the first Boeing 707s . |
| 8 | This is apparent to anyone who sat in on the proceedings of a local credit union . |
| 9 | Surviving reports and other evidence show that he also sat in on the hearing of ordinary civil litigation in at least five counties . |
| 10 | I sat in on the debate yesterday because of my great interest in the role of the inspectorate and in what will happen if schools and local education authorities , however affluent , pay little attention to special needs . |
| 11 | ‘ I sat in on the Jockey Club working party that drew up these latest proposals Their idea was to bring down the number of strokes and they did not seem very interested in what we , the jockeys , had to say . |
| 12 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 13 | She snatched up the receiver and sat wetly on the bed . |
| 14 | As they sat together on the grass , she looked at the tumbling waters of the beck and told him how Maria had slipped on the stepping-stones , down by the farm . |
| 15 | Young lovers strolled quietly beneath the trees , or sat together on the few wooden benches , daring to snatch the odd , discreet kiss or embrace . |
| 16 | They sat together on the rattling tram , Fred holding her hand and Carrie biting her bottom lip in frustration as the tram stopped at the Tower Bridge Hotel for the conductor to alter the points . |
| 17 | They sat together on the settee . |
| 18 | In the drawing room they sat together on the large settee . |
| 19 | They sat together on the sofa , and Cassie thought : How do I tell him ? |
| 20 | We sat together on the settee oblique to the fireplace , and talked about work , which meant writing . |
| 21 | The two of them sat together on the damp grass . |
| 22 | Mr Malik put his arm round Robert , as the two sat together on the bench . |
| 23 | He sat down on the top step of the landing outside numbers 3 and 4 . |
| 24 | She sat down on the floor and took great heaving breaths as though she had come up a hill with a burden beyond her strength . |
| 25 | She sat down on the bed . |
| 26 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
| 27 | I sat down on the straw and looked around . |
| 28 | He went back to the girl , sat down on the opposite side of the desk and gave a brisk nod . |
| 29 | He sat down on the bed and let his arms sag . |
| 30 | Philip sat down on the chair near the desk . |