Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be sitting in " in BNC.

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1 At the time Patten had been sitting in his Smith Square office , gently smoothing the bags beneath his eyes .
2 Dottie Banks had been sitting in the auditorium , so she was exonerated , with the same proviso .
3 Some members of the crew had been sitting in the bows and it was only when they denied having seen her that he began to search seriously .
4 The two young people had been sitting in silence for most of the time Nahum had been upstairs , Seb gazing morosely into the fire and Carrie reading at the kitchen table .
5 Jack had been sitting in the chair while Franca stood before him .
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