Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] sat [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the phone went down I sat in the garden like a very old terracotta gargoyle . |
| 2 | He shouted at me so I sat under the table and waited for him to put some food down . |
| 3 | I tried to rouse him but I could n't so I sat on the bed to pull my boots on and the next minute I , too , was asleep . ’ |
| 4 | But so I sat in the Barbican up up at the around at the same level as the Royal Festival . |
| 5 | She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold . |
| 6 | Jessie was already in bed but not asleep , and so she sat on the side of the bed and , her voice just a whisper , she said , ‘ Listen . ’ |
| 7 | Down she sat on the shovel with her knees up to her chin . |
| 8 | So we sat in the swimming pool in Reykjavik knowing that outside we had all the food , all the clothing , the skis , the chutes . |
| 9 | So we sat in the creamy splendour of the Glasgow Hilton — with Erdman Lewis , the hotel group is sponsoring the production . |
| 10 | So we , we went away , putting our package together , and we went in we sat in the either end of the table . |
| 11 | So they sat on a blanket and clung to each other , tears streaming down their cheeks . |
| 12 | So they sat on the engine housing and Wycliffe felt sufficiently relaxed to light his pipe . |
| 13 | Together they sat by the balcony overlooking avenue Foch and cried in each other 's arms until the early hours . |
| 14 | I might have got worn out , the number of miles we walked and bins we excavated , only he sat on every bench we came across and stared into space . |
| 15 | Boar 's heart stuffed with cloves , lamb garnished with mint and marjoram , a swan cooked and restored so it sat upon the silver platter as if swimming on some magical pool . |
| 16 | Tonight I sat in the tiny living room of a schoolmaster 's house in Mufakose , one of Salisbury 's African townships . |
| 17 | Finally we sat in the hide open to the general public and looked out over the wide expanse of water at Low Ellers . |
| 18 | Edward paid the taxi driver in advance and all the way home she sat in a happy daze . |
| 19 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 20 | About one hour later we sat on the sands staring at the cool sea in front of us , thinking how long it was since we had had a bath . |
| 21 | Three days later we sat on the steps of the Promontoire hut , having proudly made it in guidebook time . |
| 22 | Now they sat in the tiny dressing room , their washing hanging on the radiators , eating health food and tirelessly sending information and soft-focus photographs of themselves to directors , theatres , agents , TV companies and producers . |
| 23 | When he came back he sat beside the litter of his meal on the table among the three children not quite knowing what to do with himself . |
| 24 | Now it sat upon a plinth of stone the height of two standing men which was at the concourse of the broad principal streets which radiated out from Kinsai like the spokes of a wheel . |
| 25 | Now he sat at the kitchen table with the worm-cake before him and the taste of nausea already on his tongue . |
| 26 | Now he sat by the fire with his whisky , a drink he did not care for , making conversation with Tony and hoping that it would soon be time for bed . |
| 27 | Lucas had been relieved of belt , tie , shoelaces , and everything in his pockets , and now he sat in the far corner on the mattress with his knees drawn up and his arms clasped around them , as if to present the smallest possible outer surface to the world . |
| 28 | A month or so ago I sat in an excessively warm room listening to a gentleman from Intel 's processor division telling the invited audience of dealers and journalists that 1992 would see a boom in 486 sales similar to the boom in 386 bought about by Windows . |
| 29 | Wednesday , it must have Thursday , well he sat in the store as they called him . |
| 30 | Then I sat in the sand and kicked at the r of Oliver until they came and rescued me . |