Example sentences of "who sit [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it is the owner 's view that Jimmy does not suit Cool Ground , and he says he prefers a jockey who sits still and allows the horse to take him along to his fences . |
| 2 | What we will end up with , no matter who wins , is a Minister for Sport who sits some distance from the corridors of power , who will likely be attached to some other ministry like Agriculture and Fisheries ( file ‘ Sport ’ under ‘ Codswallop ’ ) and who will spend a parliamentary career powerless , penniless and potless . |
| 3 | My casual posture , feet crossed and resting 3 ft ( 914.5 mm ) high up the door frame of the train carriage , my wry chuckling as I conceive notions for this wee book , certainly have had an effect on the middle aged Polish man and his Welsh wife who sit opposite each other at the window . |
| 4 | Adult offenders who are convicted in the magistrates ' courts will normally be sentenced by a bench of lay ( meaning unpaid , and largely untrained ) magistrates , though in some of the larger conurbations lay benches are supplemented by full-time professional magistrates known as stipendiaries , who sit alone . |
| 5 | I ask Crilly and Anita , who sit erect in the front seat , like adults . |
| 6 | It was headed by Det Supt Bill Coady , who sat grim-faced with fellow detectives in the court a few feet from the dock as the verdicts were announced , to gasps from the court 's public gallery . |
| 7 | who sat that |
| 8 | So the figure who sat inert and limp was Simon , Ashley realised numbly . |
| 9 | People came and went , but almost nobody stayed to eat ; Lucy had the dining area beside the counter more or less to herself , apart from a business type in an Aquascutum raincoat who sat two tables away reading a caravan magazine . |
| 10 | Benjamin stepped beside Lady Beatrice , who sat rigid in her chair . |
| 11 | He turned back to Louis , who sat calm and polite in his chair , who did n't turn to look at Thérèse . |
| 12 | The untransformed house had contained treasures as well as horrors , including the portrait on the stairs , and the restored chandelier which now hung , glittering and refracting , from the centre of the ornate ceiling , above the heads of Charles and Alix , who sat disposed , glass in hand , at either end of one of the long settees , and above Esther , who stood by the fireplace reading the Headleand invitations to parties and lectures and public meetings . |
| 13 | So too was Maud , the daughter of Holroyd Smith , who later recalled that auspicious day she rode on the top deck of car 5 after the opening ceremony and played with the chain of ‘ a very jolly Mayor ’ who sat next to her . |
| 14 | When he said , " I ca n't believe this is me , man , " they looked at each other , unable to bear that they could not express what they felt for him , but they could laugh , and — it was Pat who sat next to him — stroke or pat him , or embrace him . |
| 15 | ‘ Get me to a fucking hospital , ’ he said , frantically shaking the arm of the man who sat next to him . |
| 16 | The counsellor was consoled by Elizabeth Lavenza , who sat next to him . |
| 17 | That girl who sat next to me |
| 18 | It was the twentieth time he had confessed such ignorance , but for the twentieth time it did not satisfy Jane Sharpe who sat naked to the waist at the room 's small dressing-table . |
| 19 | The door was opened for him by a secretary who sat alone in a corner . |