Example sentences of "was seated at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Legion was seated at the head of the table , and to either side of her , and floated up near the ceiling .
2 He was seated at the back of the court , initially angry that someone had screwed up with the tickets , but he quickly realized that every few games he was almost directly behind her .
3 One of the slightly younger widows , Mrs Nancy Wiseman , a librarian from Oklahoma City , was seated at the back of the coach beside Phil Aldrich .
4 So she hurried downstairs to fix herself some breakfast — and almost stopped in her tracks at the sight of the figure who was seated at the kitchen table .
5 Contrary to all expectations , ten minutes later she was seated at the washbasin , and forty minutes after that she emerged from the salon feeling refreshed and certainly different .
6 He was seated at the desk , about to dial Frankfurt , when the door was thrown open and a uniformed guard entered the room .
7 A man who was vaguely familiar was seated at the desk , his hair was grey and his eyes peered short-sightedly at the books before him .
8 As soon as he was seated at the table she poured and handed wine , and he marked the breadth and strength of the shapely hand that offered the cup , and realised suddenly , noting the blue cloth sleeve of her gown , that she had already shed her mourning .
9 Caroline , who was seated at the table trying to make sense of at least the headlines in Osservatore Milano , looked up .
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