Example sentences of "[pron] sat [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat around for a while , talking to people . |
| 2 | When I arrived at the Demob Centre , I sat around in a bare hall for what seemed like a couple of hours , with two or three hundred other Waafs , and we stared at each other without interest . |
| 3 | I sat up at the counter and ordered Scotch on the rocks . |
| 4 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 5 | ‘ Jenny and I sat up until the early hours chatting . ’ |
| 6 | For a long time I sat out on the crumbling turf , with the blue distances below , and warm sun lying over this lovely autumn land . |
| 7 | I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity . |
| 8 | I sat down under a rhododendron bush and thought , And so am I , loony . |
| 9 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 10 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 11 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 12 | I sat down at the end of one of the tables and looked around me . |
| 13 | I sat down at the keyboard blowing my mind with Puccini . |
| 14 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
| 15 | I sat down at the kitchen table to watch Mrs Clamp work . |
| 16 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
| 17 | So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on . |
| 18 | I sat down on a rock in the golden air and stared at the vast expanse of glassy blue and listened to the sucking and lapping . |
| 19 | I sat down on a milking stool , rolled up my trouser leg and examined the roll of skin which hung like a diploma at the end ofa long graze where the sharp hoof had dragged along . |
| 20 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
| 21 | I sat down on the straw and looked around . |
| 22 | I sat down on the bench and leaned back against the wall . |
| 23 | I sat down on the wooden bed . |
| 24 | The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint . |
| 25 | I sat down on the sea shore , placing a large black pebble beside me … [ whilst pretending that ] by touching the pebble [ I could ] wipe out … all … life on earth … so that [ it ] had never existed . |
| 26 | I sat down on the sand , in the darkness cast by a large boulder . |
| 27 | And then I sat down on the bed and opened it . |
| 28 | I sat down on the only patch of turf |
| 29 | Greetings said , I sat down on the chair she proffered and explained the purpose of my visit . |
| 30 | I sat down on the sofa next to her and patted her hand . |