Example sentences of "sat with a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Schaffer sat with a stack of paperback books from Hamilton 's corner rack , and occasionally tried to catch Hennessy to pump him for information . |
| 2 | If you sat with a girl in rows A to F , you 'd just met . |
| 3 | He sat with a calculator . |
| 4 | I have , on occasion , sat with a word processor and spent hours trying to get a set of labels printed . |
| 5 | She sat with a sigh on a black plastic mushroom by the bar . |
| 6 | At Belfast Crown Court , Corry admitted murdering Mr Magee as he sat with a pint , beside his pet dog , also killed , in the beer keg bomb blast . |
| 7 | I sat with a price list . |
| 8 | Timekeepers waited in the heavy rain for the teams to pass , a doctor sat in his tent for potential patients and a journalist from the French daily sports paper L'Equipe sat with a telephone plastered to his ear filing a story to Paris . |
| 9 | I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying . |
| 10 | He sat with a frown of puzzlement on his forehead , then turned back to join again the talk around him . |
| 11 | As she sat with a whisky and waited for Constance 's call , she listened to the autumn wind tugging at the corners of the austere house . |
| 12 | Jay stacked her manuscript and photos , sat with a cigarette and a glass of Pouilly Fumé , only Lucy needed to complete her freesia-scented scene . |
| 13 | Uncle Ted had done absolutely nothing since the day Dad exorcized him as he sat with a record-player in his lap . |
| 14 | She poured their tea and sat with a cup of her own by the fire , chatting away as easily as she did every morning . |
| 15 | I sat with a cup of coffee on my lap , still half-asphyxiated by what I took to be Neapolitan warmth . |
| 16 | He slid down the wall and sat with a bump . |
| 17 | The thunder broke not long after sunset , as Cameron and Menzies sat with a jug of wine , reckoning up the day 's gains and setbacks . |
| 18 | I had my ideas worked out by the time I left for the 1960–61 Tasman series , and on the 24-hour flight to New Zealand I sat with a slide rule and drew the car as a pin-jointed structure , stressed it and arrived at all the tube sizes . ’ |