Example sentences of "sit at a " in BNC.

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1 The box also has a sloping front making it easier to use when sat at a desk .
2 Snizort , on his own account , offered the Twelve Knights who had sat at a round table so that no one of them should be at its head and no one at its foot .
3 The youth is sitting at a little distance , his shepherd 's pipe in his mouth ; there is a charming simplicity in his dress and appearance ; he has a fine head .
4 She stepped forward and discovered , sitting at a desk which stood the right way up , a small dark man .
5 We get £28 a week whether we are sitting at a machine all day or operating heavy presses .
6 She was sitting at a table in the recreation room with her relatives round her .
7 There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit .
8 Some , like the Stand-off Land Attack Missile , SLAM , or the Israeli-produced Have Nap , can be ‘ flown ’ by pilots looking through the missile 's television eye , while sitting at a safe remove in aircraft .
9 He was sitting at a carefully chosen table with the magnificence of Princes Street stretching out through the window behind him .
10 Sometimes they would come and lunch or dine in my hotel , sitting at a table next to ours .
11 It was so much more businesslike to spread out needlework or write letters sitting at a table .
12 Sitting at a table sipping champagne is club owner Lips Manlis ( Paul Sorvino ) , a hood with muscle one of those leftovers from Prohibition days who , despite his fancy clothes and expensive cigars , remains a lug .
13 There were a couple of people already in there , sitting at a table near the counter .
14 She was sitting at a littered table with two noisy West Indians in colourful pullovers and a jaded , almost middle-aged fat lady with a fur coat .
15 When they arrived the place was empty — — it was early evening — except for ‘ two street toughs in camel-hair coats ’ sitting at a table ; ‘ and they were fairly easy to distinguish , and I think we walked up and asked them if they were — and — , and they said yes . ’
16 He was not sitting at a piano .
17 On our last night we dined on fresh local fish in the Club taverna sitting at a table close to the water 's edge .
18 RICHARD is sitting at a table , poring morosely over his cheque-book stubs .
19 He had been sitting at a table in the corner reading an Italian newspaper and Sandison had hardly paid him any attention .
20 When Sandison arrived at Franco 's bar the next morning at ten to ten , Maidstone was already there , sitting at a table , drinking coffee .
21 He could see Everett sitting at a tall stool , in an office not unlike Henry ‘ s , helping to build the wealth of the empire .
22 And think of a life ahead sitting at a machine tapping out : ‘ Dear Sir , At your request I am forwarding twenty barrels of salted herring to your wife 's boudoir .
23 Just inside the door there were two Germans in the grey uniform of the Luftwaffe sitting at a table .
24 Six of us were sitting at a table .
25 Women may have problems keeping weight down at the time of the menopause and after , and men and businesswomen have their own difficulties if their work involves a good deal of sitting at a desk or car wheel , and giving or receiving hospitality lunches .
26 It also neutralizes the ill effects of sitting at a desk all day and eating large lunches .
27 When back pain and arthritis are the problems it can help to take short rests or breaks from a long stint in one position — say sitting at a desk or standing at an ironing-table .
28 Many of us have glanced across at a middle-aged couple sitting at a nearby table in a restaurant and noticed their complete lack of communication .
29 Sitting at a table with Rebecca Small , Richard Barton , Laura Lewis , Natasha James and Holly Randall she was able to see the children 's work books .
30 ( The story is completed by a picture of the crocodile , wearing a party hat , sitting at a table loaded with cakes .
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