Example sentences of "[noun] sat in a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Bonanza sat in a huge oak chair . |
2 | Fred was delighted and led her up to his bedroom where a truly magnificent blue and yellow parrot sat in a tall cage . |
3 | FIG. 3 In the experiments described here , observers sat in a modified Wheatstone stereoscope with mirrors at 45 deg to the line of sight and viewed the rear-projected images created on two translucent Mylar screens 57cm from the observer 's eyes . |
4 | While Drago and Apanage went into the small kitchen next to Drago 's workroom to prepare a meal , Cleo and Dauntless sat in a cosy parlour where a log fire warmed the stones of an enormous chimney breast . |
5 | Billy sat in a far corner of the little pub with Chopper Harris , Frankie Albright and Freddie the Nark , and Freddie was trying hard to sound convincing as he put his plan over to his friends . |
6 | All day Coleman sat in a hot studio staring at one picture and maintaining hours of nonstop commentary to out-Dimbleby the best of them . |
7 | ‘ The customers were mostly Japanese and the girls sat in a damp back room waiting to be called to join a man at his table . |
8 | Archer sat in a hard-backed chair , very erect . |
9 | Raoul and Christine sat in a dark corner , and Raoul took Christine 's hands . |
10 | A man sat in a low leather bucket seat and watched a TV screen . |
11 | She says she was taken to the Plaza Hotel , to a party where Hoover sat in a fine black frock and insisted on being called ‘ Mary ’ ; after a while , he retired to the bedroom to be petted by two bought boys , one of whom prudently wore rubber gloves . |
12 | At 2pm on Wednesday 12 February , John Hutt sat in a dry ditch within easy view of the small Touchen End baker 's shop . |
13 | The audience sat in a warm honey glow , drinking tea and eating richly iced cake . |
14 | Mrs Watts sat in a deep chair in a dark corner of the room but Hari had the impression that the woman was like a cat sleeping with one eye open , watching everything that went on . |
15 | Franklin D. Hauser sat in a large Regency chair , wearing evening dress , in the large living room at the front of the house . |
16 | Alan Millet sat in a front room filled with books of modern English history and photographs of small boys lined in the formations of the posed soccer team . |
17 | The royal favourite sat in a quilted window seat whilst young Edward lounged in a chair near him . |