Example sentences of "sat for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just sat for a while in a sort of communal TV room with a few old loons . |
| 2 | He sat for a while without speaking , apparently debating how many of his thoughts to share . |
| 3 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
| 4 | She sat for a while , becoming quieter , breathing deeply , ceasing to tremble . |
| 5 | She sat for a while , checking an anguish which made her want to sob . |
| 6 | They sat for a while in thoughtful silence while the shower passed from the surface of the lake and the light hiss of the rain ceased . |
| 7 | I sat for a while watching the scenery slide by , wild uninhabited stretches of green and autumn-blazing trees , grey rocks and blue lakes punctuated by tiny hamlets and lonely houses , all vivid in the afternoon sunshine , a panoramic impression of the vastness of Canada and the smallness of her population . |
| 8 | We sat for a while , saying little , until I started into a description of Changez 's ‘ specials ’ , his camp-bed and the bizarre spectacle of a man falling in love with his wife . |
| 9 | Then he sat for a while on the aisle stand which was a box covering the auto-pilot , where he was able to look out through the nose . |
| 10 | We sat for a while just watching and listening to the water and turned back to follow the path out of the steep-sided gill towards Cotterdale . |
| 11 | We less poetic mortals sat for a while in the afternoon sunlight and shadow , then we turned down the path again for a pot of tea and a scone for myself and Eddy and a biscuit for Bill before we began the road walk back to the car . |
| 12 | We sat for a while by the cairn in the hot sun looking out before us , the only noise being the sound of the beck behind us falling over boulders and down towards Brackens Gill and the Dee . |
| 13 | I sat for a while holding the baby under my hands . |
| 14 | She sat for a while , the inevitable cigarette burning out in the ashtray . |
| 15 | Meanwhile Angel Clare returned to his hotel , and sat for a while over breakfast , staring into space . |
| 16 | Maxim sat for a while , absorbing that thought . |
| 17 | We sat for a while in the sitting-room over coffee . |
| 18 | When he disappeared behind the dunes I sat for a while , scratching my crotch as the wind played with my hair and the birds returned to their nests . |
| 19 | The friar sat for a while admiring the beauty of St John 's Chapel , comparing it to the grimness of St Erconwald 's . |
| 20 | They sat for a minute in silence as if what had passed between them needed to be assimilated in peace . |
| 21 | In front of the studio back cloth of a painted garden , each mother in turn sat for a portrait with her offspring , and when that was done Ernest offered to take an extra group of them all , as a free gift . |
| 22 | The Prophet sat for a couple of minutes , gathering his strength . |
| 23 | Dorothea sat for a moment longer , remembering Alida , her tears , her loss of all control . |
| 24 | Allen sat for a moment on the parapet , Marian saw him smile at her , then he slipped over the edge and the rope grew taut on the hook . |
| 25 | She sat for a moment in silence . |
| 26 | They sat for a moment in glum accord watching the evening thicken outside . |
| 27 | She sat for a moment on the narrow window ledge , scanning the shadows in case shapes , creatures , sentinels should materialise . |
| 28 | He sat for a moment longer , staring across the garden and then , still without speaking , he bent and kissed her . |
| 29 | She broke off and sat for a moment staring in the fire . |
| 30 | Jenna pulled up in the small courtyard and sat for a moment looking at it . |