Example sentences of "[noun] sit [adv] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mile interviewer with sleek hair sits awkwardly on a high-tech chair , agreeing with him . |
| 2 | Ajayi sat down on the small stool on the other side of the table . |
| 3 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Julia sat down on a hard chair beside the child . |
| 9 | On the other side of Pottery Bridge , carrying the A639 , a sizable marine vessel sits up on the right bank . |
| 10 | Philip sat down on the wet scree thinking about the War , and Arnhem where Great Uncle John had been killed . |
| 11 | Declining the unctuous offer of the drymatic machine , he wrapped himself in a towel and sauntered through to his living room , where a sleek computer housed in non-reflecting black sat seductively on a complex work station . |
| 12 | Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes . |
| 13 | Aggie sat down on the wooden chair and drew Millie close to her side as the woman at the far side of the desk smiled gently at her , saying , ‘ I am very pleased to meet you , Mrs Winkowski . |
| 14 | Maxim sat carefully on the least-soft chair he could find . |
| 15 | " Well , " Graham said awkwardly as Sara sat down on the small bed , " that 's us told . " |
| 16 | Kāli sat down on a flat stone , sighing with relief . |
| 17 | Mrs Mallory sat down on an upright , wooden chair . |
| 18 | MARTHA HARLEY SAT down on the mossy stone parapet of the old bridge to put on her shoes . |
| 19 | The girls sat down on a large pew-looking bench in the alcove and laughed at Billy who was standing with his back to the blazing logs doing his knee bending policeman act . |
| 20 | So when the Trunchbull sat down on the Golden Syrup , the squelch was beautiful . |
| 21 | He let her go abruptly , walking out of the barn , and Jenna sat down on the bottom step of the dusty wooden stairs . |
| 22 | Charles sat gingerly on the mock leopard . |
| 23 | Benjamin sat down on a small bench near the pool and watched the silver , darting carp who swam in dashes of light amongst the water grass and luxuriant lily pads . |
| 24 | The Doctor sat down on a nearby rock . |
| 25 | Satisfying himself that he was absolutely alone , Yanto sat down on a handy clump of grass and removed his boots , which together with the two rabbits , he placed under a nearby blackthorn bush . |
| 26 | She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’ |
| 27 | A schoolmasterly exposition of the law : Andrew Brown sat in on a High Court trial — and was transported back to the strangely mingled fears and absurdities of a prep-school |
| 28 | In the dingy back room , the tom sat down on the ramshackle chair . |
| 29 | By about nine o'clock right my mate would have say five or six pints inside him and I 'd have two pints sat there on the fucking table . |
| 30 | Sally-Anne sat down on a wooden bench , the trug at her feet , and drowsed a little in the sun . |