Example sentences of "sitting at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She stepped forward and discovered , sitting at a desk which stood the right way up , a small dark man . |
| 3 | We get £28 a week whether we are sitting at a machine all day or operating heavy presses . |
| 4 | She was sitting at a table in the recreation room with her relatives round her . |
| 5 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was sitting at a carefully chosen table with the magnificence of Princes Street stretching out through the window behind him . |
| 8 | Sometimes they would come and lunch or dine in my hotel , sitting at a table next to ours . |
| 9 | It was so much more businesslike to spread out needlework or write letters sitting at a table . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There were a couple of people already in there , sitting at a table near the counter . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | He was not sitting at a piano . |
| 15 | On our last night we dined on fresh local fish in the Club taverna sitting at a table close to the water 's edge . |
| 16 | RICHARD is sitting at a table , poring morosely over his cheque-book stubs . |
| 17 | He had been sitting at a table in the corner reading an Italian newspaper and Sandison had hardly paid him any attention . |
| 18 | When Sandison arrived at Franco 's bar the next morning at ten to ten , Maidstone was already there , sitting at a table , drinking coffee . |
| 19 | He could see Everett sitting at a tall stool , in an office not unlike Henry ‘ s , helping to build the wealth of the empire . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Just inside the door there were two Germans in the grey uniform of the Luftwaffe sitting at a table . |
| 22 | Six of us were sitting at a table . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It also neutralizes the ill effects of sitting at a desk all day and eating large lunches . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ( The story is completed by a picture of the crocodile , wearing a party hat , sitting at a table loaded with cakes . |
| 29 | Some time later I heard a chink of glass and looked up to find Dennis sitting at a nearby table with a half-empty bottle of chilled rosé . |
| 30 | She is sitting at a table , reading a Yiddish newspaper , and doing crochet . |