Example sentences of "[noun] sit [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mandera refugee camp sits just inside the Kenyan border with Somalia . |
| 2 | A mile interviewer with sleek hair sits awkwardly on a high-tech chair , agreeing with him . |
| 3 | The cheapest and most practical method was for the shikari to sit out over a tethered bait in a tree hide or machan waiting for the tiger to appear . |
| 4 | They then worked slowly through the chronology , all the parties sitting informally round a small table ; so informal , in the mythology , that the subsequent TV docudrama put Meese in a startling pink-and-lavender tracksuit , drinking coffee from a mug . |
| 5 | Ajayi sat down on the small stool on the other side of the table . |
| 6 | Those who have worked with him during the time that he has been in his present post have come to admire the hard work , courage and assiduity with which he has pursued the object of bringing the parties within the island of Ireland to sit down with the British Government and resolve their differences . |
| 7 | While permanent courts were established in the main centres of population , High Court judges continued to be itinerant , backed up by circuit judges sitting continuously in the main centres . |
| 8 | I did it all on me own , of course Alan sat here like a bloody idiot , I said you sit there do n't get , he said I thought you were getting a cloth , I burnt all me arm trying to , jumping out , hacking me hair out there so I had to say to this bloke I said well there 's erm justice for you , he said what ? |
| 9 | Karen sat down in the soft , dark sand and let the ripples of cold Atlantic water wash round her thighs . |
| 10 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 11 | Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks . |
| 12 | Katherine sat back into the heavy leather chair , watching the tall , thin man , her face hard and impassive . |
| 13 | Zen sat down on the large sofa which occupied most of one wall , thinking about that last card which he 'd fondly thought he had up his sleeve . |
| 14 | Ten PPP MPs from Sind demanded the right to sit separately from the main PPP block in the National Assembly . |
| 15 | Calm down , an inner voice cautioned , as she stalked across the room to sit exhaustedly on a striped upholstered stool by a mirrored dressing-table . |
| 16 | Far too tuneful to be described as hardcore and too noisy to be deemed a pop/punk band , The Venus Beads sit comfortably on the barbed wire fence in between . |
| 17 | Far too tuneful to be described as hardcore and too noisy to be deemed a pop/punk band , The Venus Beads sit comfortably on the barbed wire fence in between . |
| 18 | ‘ Three weeks sitting in for the regular breakfast show jock on a commercial station there , while he takes over your show here . |
| 19 | What are you doing sat up in the high chair ? |
| 20 | Wycliffe was asking questions almost at random , trying to stimulate some animation but Matthew sat there like a well-trained dog , ready to make a given response at the appropriate signal . |
| 21 | Jackson sat there like an important man who was being kept from an engagement by a nuisance . |
| 22 | Julia sat down on a hard chair beside the child . |
| 23 | The Duchess of Kent and 60 guests sat down to a delicious fish meal while patients had to make do with quiche or ham salad . |
| 24 | The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit , with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided . |
| 25 | Two pilots sat side-by-side in an open cockpit , aft of which was a single cockpit for the navigator , who was also provided with an interior cabin as were the wireless-operator and flight engineer . |
| 26 | On the other side of Pottery Bridge , carrying the A639 , a sizable marine vessel sits up on the right bank . |
| 27 | • In the chill of Winter the Yew Fairy sits dreamily amidst the waxen berries . |
| 28 | Two needlework cushions with tassels designed by David and made by a friend sit happily with a traditional Amish quilt . |
| 29 | Mahmoud sat back with a little sigh of relief . |
| 30 | Philip sat down on the wet scree thinking about the War , and Arnhem where Great Uncle John had been killed . |