Example sentences of "[pers pn] sit upon a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat upon a disintegrating gravestone . |
| 2 | So that is why , being a good boy scouts , and girl guides that you are you are gon na put things in the car so that you 're , you are prepared for wet weather , or cold weather erm , such as an old blanket or something to sit on er , because we like you to sit upon a bank as far away from the traffic as possible |
| 3 | At the Huntingdonshire Eyre in 1255 , for example , Norman Sampson , a riding forester , was convicted of having extorted money from a man in his bailiwick by making him sit upon a harrow . |
| 4 | It sits upon a throne , an absolute monarch , unafraid of any princely off-spring still unborn and by its Subjects it is hated , feared , revered and loved , known by all and recognized by none . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It sat upon an ancient heathen site , a site far darker than anything I could ever have conceived and it instantly became part of my well of strength . |