Example sentences of "sit in one " in BNC.

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1 Crocheted antimacassars graced the backs of all the chairs although it was many years since a gentleman with pomade on his hair had sat in one of them .
2 Then he was reaching for his own glass and inviting her to sit in one of the wicker armchairs overlooking the bay while he seated himself in the chair beside her .
3 We sit in one of the slightly faded birthrooms .
4 It has a leisurely , turn-of-the-century ambience , in which strolling in the many green parks , sitting in one of the string of cafés along the Paseo de Pereda , or shopping in the strikingly smart shops a few streets back , are the best ways to spend the day .
5 WE ARE SITTING in one of Nirvana 's dressing rooms after the taming of the bullring .
6 Sitting in one position to observe and record appearances does not conform to the majority of our everyday experience of landscape .
7 The occupant of the room was sitting in one corner .
8 Sitting in one corner of the moulded seat which ran round three sides of the cockpit , she bit into a sandwich , suddenly ravenous .
9 At any given moment , any particular copy of a gene , in the sense of a particular collection of atoms , must be sitting in one cell of one individual .
10 He was sitting in one of the big armchairs , and in the grate a fire was beginning to burn nicely .
11 Used to have two and er had a a bit of a rope round middle and two then There 'd be two men sitting in one end of the cow shed .
12 The inner door stood open and through it she caught sight of Eleanor Shergold sitting in one of the pews .
13 There 's usually a heavy-metal band sitting in one comer , their van 's broken down , you see , and they 're on their way to an important gig .
14 Michele was sitting in one of the armchairs , head back and tilted to one side .
15 They were sitting in one of the cafés eating delicious Knickerbocker Glories after a dinner of pizza and salad .
16 The irony is , of course , that we are usually sitting in one of the three newly refurbished SUSA-run bars at the time , drinking a SUSA-subsidised pint , poured by a member of the SUSA bar staff .
17 You look at a crowd of people , er last , a week , a week yesterday at Wembley at the Billy Graham mission there , er we were sitting in one place and I was looking for , for some other folk and I knew approximately where they were and there I was stand , they were , all you could really see was this mass of people , very difficult to pick out individuals within them but God does n't see it as a mass like that .
18 so I 'll be sitting talking to Donna , cos Donna , Helen and Jenny be sitting in one group with Sarah , they 'll be chatting away and I 'll be sitting in the middle , sitting on
19 But in fact very few can resist the urge to stop and sit in one of the small road side restaurants and simply soak up the atmosphere .
20 They took a soaking no doubt relieved in an attitude of ‘ rather you than me , mate ’ as they watched the canoeists jump and sit in one motion the way they had practised boarding .
21 Oh erm ask them if you can sit in one of those er machines that erm get you out of the bends .
22 But it took her such a long while before she would sit in one of these .
23 Bragg wandered back to the living-room and sat in one of the big armchairs .
24 Peter sat in one of the blue chairs .
25 We sat in one of those lounges that are part of a huge bar area and the windows were misted up with condensation ; when you rubbed them you still could n't see much because of all the rain dripping down outside .
26 When most of the dancers had set off for home , and Lucy had given Josie reason to assume that she 'd done the same , she sat in one of the empty offices for a while and then returned to the wardrobe department .
27 After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair .
28 Afterwards she sat in one of the chairs and lit a cigarette , still in the bathrobe ; Magill seemed to like his women never quite naked .
29 While Midge and Angela had tea , the three men sat in one of the smallest lounges .
30 ‘ Then you went to Parson 's Pleasure and sat in one of the cubicles . ’
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