Example sentences of "sitting on one " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still in the Variety Tent , sitting on one of the rickety chairs . |
| 2 | But the girl remembered Ramsey taking the evacuees round him in the children 's corner , and sitting on one of the low chairs meant for a child , and talking to them naturally and with an obvious pleasure . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought I 'd lost you there , ’ Bryce said , sitting on one of the stair treads . |
| 4 | He hesitated for a moment when he saw the girl sitting on one of the large black leather sofas that were ranged along one wall . |
| 5 | On the first floor landing , there was Vern sitting on one of a row of grey school-type chairs . |
| 6 | ‘ You might have a sales order processing system sitting on one computer ; once an order has been processed , it sends a message to an inventory system on another computer , which checks whether the item is there , and if it is initiates the shipment , or if not may request the supply of the item by sending a message to a third system . |
| 7 | We continued unimpeded until I saw ahead of me the drawing-room where I had interviewed Mountbatten , and sitting on one of the sofas with his back to us the unmistakable profile and balding head of Prince Charles . |
| 8 | Kate was sitting on one of the two deep sofas that stood at right angles to the fireplace . |
| 9 | He was sitting on one of the kitchen counters , paws folded , tail tucked up , gazing with stately patience at the larger door . |
| 10 | By the time morning came he was convinced he had been wide awake the whole night , though by that time he had remembered with the utmost clarity that the whole performance had taken place not in a television studio at all but in an enormous public lavatory , with Sir William and Lady Paice among the large crowd around the coffee table , and that his final humiliation was to discover at the end of the programme that he had been sitting on one of the lavatory seats throughout , with his trousers down around his ankles . |
| 11 | Sara was sitting on one of the bentwood chairs by the desk in the bare little office ; a WPC , her black-stockinged legs tucked under her chair , sat by the door . |
| 12 | She was sitting on one of the bentwood chairs , knees together , her hands wedged between them . |
| 13 | At this point , a young woman who 'd been sitting on one of Bridget 's sofas jumped angrily to her feet and shouted at Geoffrey . |
| 14 | Cos , at home you see er Dorothy and Trevor always read their stories in bed , and when I read their stories I have me on the arm chair two sitting on one chair arm |