Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] sit on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was the most frustrating time of my life sitting on the bench and watching our hopes blow up in smoke . |
| 2 | I put two chairs together , sat down on one with Dawn and got my mother to sit on the other chair with the cat . |
| 3 | The young woman from the coach-house came in and helped Loopy Lil wash dishes in the scullery while her baby sat on the floor chewing on a bone . |
| 4 | That night her father sat on the edge of her bed and stroked her hair , as if she were still a little girl . |
| 5 | They continued on along the line of booths , each with its owner sitting on the counter among his stained , dirty jars like some vast black spider , past the long , carpet-covered benches in front of them with the rows of men drinking coffee and smoking and talking , past the assorted smells of rose and jasmine , amber and banana , past the odd little restaurants with their grand brass jugs of hot water , their servants hurrying with coffee in glasses to some merchant about to strike a deal , past all this and then suddenly through the arch of the Bab es Zuweyla with its two soaring and fantastic minarets and out once more into the Tentmakers ' Bazaar with its donkey-saddles of red brocade and its camel-trappings adorned with cowries and little bits of looking-glass , its gaily-striped awnings and brilliant tent linings . |
| 6 | ‘ The little girl in the film Poltergeist had her audience sitting on the edge of their seats when she revealed to her family that the strange creatures from the TV were back to haunt them all . |
| 7 | Although , if it was a French war , might it also be assumed that the Vietnamese , whose tendency to sit on the fence was the subject of American as well as French complaint , would want to join in with the same enthusiasm that they would give to a national cause ? |
| 8 | But not everyone ; a young soldier and his girlfriend sat on the balustrade , dangling their legs over the water , oblivious of anyone else . |
| 9 | Barnes and his team sat on the stage amid the gold and maroon decorations and with their tables theatrically draped in material to hide their legs . |
| 10 | He explained he had wanted his audience to sit on the edge of their seats , hoping and believing that the composer was going to amplify his idea — and then to confound them . |
| 11 | The emotions mounting within her had made her forget the kiwi , and she now left his knee to sit on the tree trunk . |
| 12 | Not while the old man was here anyway , and he seems to spend most of his time sitting on the wall doing nothing in particular . ’ |