Example sentences of "[noun] who sat [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another survey , published in 1975 , covers the period 1876–1972 and , with a few omissions , analyses the 317 judges who sat in the High Court , the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords during that period . |
| 2 | Wycliffe was startled by the question , which did not come from Sarah but from an old lady who sat on the far side of the fire . |
| 3 | The photograph was n't very much like the girl who sat on the other side of the desk , but passport photographs seldom are much like their originals . |
| 4 | Backstage , in Therese 's dressing room , all was excitement and congratulations — Willi , old Anton , Alfred , the entire Hochhauser Theatre committee complete with the Easter egg — the expensive dress had found an occasion worthy of a second showing — and Hans , a smugly self-satisfied Hans who sat in the only chair sipping a glass of champagne provided by Willi . |
| 5 | He looked at Lady Horne who sat on the other side of the fireplace , an ivory and pearl rosary entwined around her fingers . |
| 6 | She saw in her mind the woman who sat in the same seat day after day . |
| 7 | Lehmann watched them laugh , his eyes drawn to the man who sat to the extreme right of the group . |
| 8 | I should perhaps add that I was not a member of the committee who heard these appeals in the first hearing since I became involved only when your Lordships who sat in the first hearing suggested a second hearing under my chairmanship and accordingly I have not been asked to consider this matter apart from the discussion of the extracts from Hansard which have been put before us in this appeal . |
| 9 | The interesting factor in all those arguments is that my hon. Friends who sat on the respective Committees or spoke on the Second Reading of Bills associated with privatisation said at the time that the Government were privatising monopoly , not introducing effective competition and regulation , and the matter would have to be examined again . |
| 10 | Maisie and Joan , who collected catkins in the woods with me ; Lucy , who was always polite and a beautiful writer ; three very naughty boys who sat in the front row and made a nuisance of themselves : every teacher has memories like these . |
| 11 | Used originally by Tallymen who sat behind a high desk to keep account of cargo being unloaded , and later adapted by film directors , you 'll find this seat ideal if you have a breakfast bar . |
| 12 | The women who sat beside a single basket of herbs , or wild mushrooms they had gathered that morning in the dew , high in the hills , were tanned so dark they might have washed in walnut juice . |