Example sentences of "been sitting [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was going on to recall how yesterday she had thought of Vendelin Gajdusek 's being in Prague , when in actual fact , had she known it , he had been sitting right there beside her driving her back to Mariánské Láznë , when he suddenly gave her near heart failure by challenging , out of the blue ‘ I thought you said your name was Fabia ? ’ |
| 2 | She had been sitting still in her seat . |
| 3 | They 'd been sitting still for too long . |
| 4 | Obviously you know when you 've been sitting still this is probably the worse hour of the day . |
| 5 | One family tea-time , when Auntie had been sitting silent for some time , she said : " It 's lucky there 's never anyone left in those offices at night . " |
| 6 | But er according to Sharon she 's been sitting alone in er bed and breakfast and erm |
| 7 | Joy Prentice , who had been sitting motionless throughout , reached up and pinched a louse out of her head . |
| 8 | She 'd been sitting motionless for over an hour , conducting an inner battle over the need to alert the board of Chester 's about Guy 's perfidy , with the stubborn hope that somehow she might be wrong keeping her glued to the spot , torn with indecision … |
| 9 | Then a stranger , who had been sitting unseen round the corner , came up to them . |
| 10 | Frome had been sitting quiet , looking down at his hands . |