Example sentences of "[pron] [be] sit [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them are sitting round a low table with three cups of coffee , and Paul is trying to entertain the visitor . |
| 2 | He stood in front of ten fat men who were sitting around a table . |
| 3 | In reality you just invent a tale , as if you were sitting round a fire in a cave . ’ |
| 4 | The very notion , now that she was sitting just a matter of inches away from him , was ludicrous . |
| 5 | Although she was sitting only a foot or two away from him in the opposite corner of the seat and had frequently tried to smile at him , he felt inexplicably betrayed . |
| 6 | We 're sitting round a real fire burning logs , and a fan heater 's whining away in the centre of the room 's dark , threadbare carpet . |
| 7 | He was sitting just a matter of inches away , when he moved to reach for a coffee-cup she caught the smell of freshly washed hair , and her fingers itched with the memory of tangling themselves in those jet-black waves . |
| 8 | She spotted Adam almost as soon as she entered the club , but though he was sitting only a short distance away with a stocky sandy-haired man she did n't recognise , it took her some time to reach his table , since she was obliged to stop at every few strides to talk to customers . |