Example sentences of "[pron] sat for a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I sat for a while thinking of what I 'd said and of what he 'd told me , and I still could n't believe that any of the people I 'd come to know so well was really a murderer . |
2 | I sat for a while watching the scenery slide by , wild uninhabited stretches of green and autumn-blazing trees , grey rocks and blue lakes punctuated by tiny hamlets and lonely houses , all vivid in the afternoon sunshine , a panoramic impression of the vastness of Canada and the smallness of her population . |
3 | I sat for a while holding the baby under my hands . |
4 | When he disappeared behind the dunes I sat for a while , scratching my crotch as the wind played with my hair and the birds returned to their nests . |
5 | I sat for an hour in my roomette looking out at the unvarying scenery and trying to imagine anything else that Filmer might have paid to have done . |
6 | She sat for a while , becoming quieter , breathing deeply , ceasing to tremble . |
7 | She sat for a while , checking an anguish which made her want to sob . |
8 | She sat for a while , the inevitable cigarette burning out in the ashtray . |
9 | She sat for a moment in silence . |
10 | She sat for a moment on the narrow window ledge , scanning the shadows in case shapes , creatures , sentinels should materialise . |
11 | It was a gabled Victorian house set behind a high red brick wall in the heart of the city and as Rachel drew on to the gravel forecourt she sat for a moment admiring the mass of copper beeches that surrounded the house . |
12 | We sat for a while , saying little , until I started into a description of Changez 's ‘ specials ’ , his camp-bed and the bizarre spectacle of a man falling in love with his wife . |
13 | We sat for a while just watching and listening to the water and turned back to follow the path out of the steep-sided gill towards Cotterdale . |
14 | We sat for a while by the cairn in the hot sun looking out before us , the only noise being the sound of the beck behind us falling over boulders and down towards Brackens Gill and the Dee . |
15 | We sat for a while in the sitting-room over coffee . |
16 | We sat for an hour wondering if any soup would be issued . |
17 | The ocean of bad weather racing in from the north west did little to cheer me , so we sat for an hour while I gathered strength . |
18 | They sat for a while in thoughtful silence while the shower passed from the surface of the lake and the light hiss of the rain ceased . |
19 | They sat for a minute in silence as if what had passed between them needed to be assimilated in peace . |
20 | They sat for a moment in glum accord watching the evening thicken outside . |
21 | He sat for a while without speaking , apparently debating how many of his thoughts to share . |
22 | Then he sat for a while on the aisle stand which was a box covering the auto-pilot , where he was able to look out through the nose . |
23 | He sat for a moment longer , staring across the garden and then , still without speaking , he bent and kissed her . |