Example sentences of "[noun] [be] sitting [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next morning John and Andy are sitting up in bed . |
| 2 | Bruce was in the hammock and Mr and Mrs van Meer were sitting side-by-side on the steps . |
| 3 | She and Edward were sitting together in their Dorset drawing room , in their chairs on each side of the fireplace , where they always sat . |
| 4 | Marie 's sitting up on the bed with a packet of fags . |
| 5 | Or is it the merest coincidence that Kyle is sitting back in his chair , with the receiver to his ear , stroking the bald patch on the back of his head as I explain my business ? |
| 6 | Linton was sitting calmly in a chair near the fire , happy that –e was not being punished this time . |
| 7 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 8 | Philpott was sitting up in bed , his face hidden behind a copy of the New York Times . |
| 9 | Yuan was sitting quietly behind him . |
| 10 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |
| 11 | Selina was sitting up in bed when I went through with my drink . |
| 12 | When he was not ducking and weaving through the cedar brush with this curious hat on his head , Gould was sitting up at night on the Appletree Flats waiting to ambush a tawny-shouldered podargus or crouching next to a hole in the ground close to Stephen 's garden gate waiting for the appearance of an unfamiliar little mouse . |
| 13 | Nadine was sitting upright beside him , staring at the envelope . |
| 14 | The following day , at ten thirty in the morning , Sandison was sitting nervously at a table outside a café near Piazza Vanvitelli in the Vomero district . |
| 15 | Today , the plucky youngster was sitting up in bed and said to be ‘ improving ’ at Alder Hey Childrens ' Hospital , Liverpool . |
| 16 | The child was sitting sadly by the window . |
| 17 | The team were sitting round in a semi-circle when she was introduced to them — although no one gave her a chair , or at least one with her name on it . |
| 18 | Hasan was sitting up at the table , eating a large slice of toast . |
| 19 | But for 15 minutes before the curtains went up the audience must have thought that the obnoxious Sheriff of Nottigham was sitting immediately behind me … |
| 20 | Brückner was sitting up in a chair . |
| 21 | Significantly , it was written one night when Cash was sitting around at home with the likes of Bob Dylan , Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash . |
| 22 | Maurice was sitting sideways behind his desk , feet up on the radiator beneath the window , one hand flexing his lower lip while the other trailed across the blotter . |
| 23 | Carwyn Williams was sitting out on the balcony watching the waves . |
| 24 | There was no backlash in the large wheel , which was positioned conveniently whether the helmsman was sitting down to leeward or perched to weather . |
| 25 | Some chairs had been arranged on the platform and two senior officers were sitting there with bland smiles like judges at a beauty competition . |
| 26 | Shelley was sitting up in bed , her arms round her knees . |
| 27 | Joseph was sitting quietly on his cot , his chin in his hands , staring out thoughtfully at the jungle . |
| 28 | If numbers of rabbits are sitting out within this rough ground they can be totally enclosed if sufficient nets are available . |
| 29 | On Sunday diners are sitting down to a meal at the Garden of India restaurant in Bondgate . |
| 30 | The Woman was sitting round to the right , beside a television , and as soon as she saw Tug she waved at a chair . |