Example sentences of "sat there [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes , threatening to turn from amber to gold as the two of them sat there over a casual dinner on her balcony , briefly dared him to develop the theme , just before she dropped them . |
| 2 | Perhaps this is , this is something we could we could , we could use to talk about in some revision seminar at the beginning of next term cos we , we , we 've sort of got up to nineteen fifty two erm maybe it would be helpful if , if sort of you know we just sat there over the vacation and then come back and sort of have look |
| 3 | Sat there through the night , closing my eyes at times , then opening them slowly and allowing the glass to impose itself . |
| 4 | Pike just sat there with a toupee and tears all over his face , and we sat there staring at him . |
| 5 | They sat there with the door open to let the temperature drop before driving off . |
| 6 | ‘ I have brought you a brandy , ’ he added when she just sat there with the towel completely over her head . |
| 7 | You and the bloody telly , he sat there with the ashtray in his hand and all bloody ash is falling out the bottom ! |
| 8 | Oh yeah it was lovely , the only trouble was we had pigs outside the fucking window and we sat there with the bacon |
| 9 | As we sat there at the wedding-feast I held to the pedestrian belief that the rustling jetsam at my feet was merely the accumulation of champagne foil . |
| 10 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |
| 11 | He sat there for a few minutes . |
| 12 | He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke . |
| 13 | They sat there for a while feeling drained and empty . |
| 14 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 15 | Mildred leapt to the floor and sat there for a moment , reflecting how nice it was to be able to jump such an amazing distance without getting hurt . |
| 16 | She sat there for a few seconds , then heard a voice softly calling her name . |
| 17 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
| 18 | Preston sat there for a while stroking her and then , when he was sure that she was sleeping soundly , he crossed over to the window and lifted a corner of the curtain and peered cautiously out into the street . |
| 19 | Then she went back to her car and sat there for a while . |
| 20 | I sat there for a while . |
| 21 | ‘ He sent him back to the pub ; he sat there for a while , and when he came back he 'd got the front shoes on . |
| 22 | Donna slid behind the wheel of the Volvo and sat there for a moment , looking back at the ruins . |
| 23 | Anyway , I sat there for a couple of minutes and then the cab came . ’ |
| 24 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 25 | I sat there for an hour stuffing my stomach and telling him exactly what had happened . |
| 26 | His garments were of the forest and he seemed a part of it as he sat there on a tree-stump , small , compact , a broken shape of browns , fawns , russets and greens . |
| 27 | If the stream was symbolic so was the man who sat there on the end of the log . |
| 28 | Men who had been unsuccessful in the search for a day 's work drifted into the dining rooms to pass the time away and many sat there on the bench seats , grateful for the warmth and a friendly chat . |
| 29 | They pulled themselves to the top of the wall , sat there on the rough stone , shivering . |
| 30 | Still she sat there on the floor , sunk on her heels . |