Example sentences of "[pron] sit at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I write biographies , I sit at a large kitchen table with a wide surface on which books and papers can be laid , essential for checking quotations or references . |
| 2 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |
| 3 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 4 | They passed from her to Louis , who sat at the other end of the sofa reading Le Figaro . |
| 5 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 6 | That was it , Julia said to herself , as she sat at the big scrubbed table in the Florentine kitchen , all those years and a thousand miles away . |
| 7 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 8 | Bailey gives me instant coffee and a plate of Tesco jam doughnuts , still in their plastic packet , and we sit at a dusty picnic table outside , slapping off flies . |
| 9 | One sat at the extreme righthand end of the car , another at the extreme lefthand end and the third in the middle by the doors , facing the platform . |
| 10 | We sat at a special table and just told jokes about the Russians , the Americans , and ourselves . ’ |
| 11 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 12 | When you 're doing a melody like Rubina or Always With Me , Always With You they sit at a nice register , but the chorus , second verse of Cryin ’ is right up there , War is up there , Friends is up there . |
| 13 | He had seen her sitting at the high table among the other ladies of noble birth who served the Empress . |
| 14 | They sat at a low bench hard against the wall . |
| 15 | They sat at a rickety table on the perimeter of the square , under the shade of an umbrella , sipping espresso , eating anisette biscuits , and watching the large , colourful crowd . |
| 16 | They sat at a small table by the window . |
| 17 | They sat at a circular wrought iron table shaded by a willow . |
| 18 | Benjamin and I sat at one end of the trestle board , they sat at the other , grouped together like stupid boys immersed in their own private jokes . |
| 19 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 20 | They sat at the great wooden table , drinking a little water out of earthenware bowls , chewing cactus . |
| 21 | They sat at the far end of the carriage , talking in hushed tones . |
| 22 | He takes his time strolling over , and when he gets here he sits at the far end of the bench like he does n't know me . |
| 23 | ‘ But I think it is a pointless exercise , ’ said Floy , somewhere towards morning , a thin , cold light filtering in through the windows to where he sat at a great desk , his black hair tumbled , hollows in his cheeks , his face white with fatigue . |
| 24 | He sat at a makeshift desk of unfinished lumber , and wrote and played with his thinning hair . |
| 25 | He sat at a large desk covered with papers , journals , medical books , a portable typewriter pushed to one end . |
| 26 | And it sat at the other side of the gate |