Example sentences of "[v-ing] there [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There he was a-sitting there like a scaly old bull . ’ |
| 2 | Say summat instead of lying there like a great mawker . ’ |
| 3 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 4 | At the end of the day it 's a political decision from the council of ministers , but it seems to be going there with a firm endorsement of support from the commission . ’ |
| 5 | Sue Burrows said : ‘ We do not know what to expect or how many teams will be taking part but we are going there with a positive attitude . |
| 6 | Many of them had spent weeks getting there on a dangerous journey from their homes in Sarajevo . |
| 7 | Instead , he turned round and strolled back to the house , leaving her standing there with a black scowl on her face . |
| 8 | next thing I remember was being undressed and in bed with Debbie standing there with a boiled egg on a tray , saying mummy were so sorry you 'll never do Christmas again , you 've done it for us for forty years , we shall do it for you now . |
| 9 | One of the Swedish girls was standing there in a flowered nylon dressing-gown . |
| 10 | To his surprise , when they got to the pub , he found Valerie Cass sitting there over a large gin . |
| 11 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 12 | Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda ! |
| 13 | ‘ Shamus sitting there like a stuck pig , and Kevin lookin' at his teacup . |
| 14 | The car was in Cairo and belonged to my brother , who was working there on a six-month contract . |
| 15 | He was suspended in mid-air , dangling there like a useless , discarded puppet . |