Example sentences of "[noun] sit [adv] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Karen sat down in the soft , dark sand and let the ripples of cold Atlantic water wash round her thighs . |
| 3 | What are you doing sat up in the high chair ? |
| 4 | The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit , with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I thought this a stupid attitude , rather as if people sitting comfortably in a first-class railway carriage should complain that being an engine driver was a filthy occupation . |
| 7 | Yet , unable to refuse the implied reproach , Celia sat down in the antique rocking chair she had bought and allowed Miss Maynard to pass her the child . |
| 8 | Christina sat down in the small desk chair , her legs unsteady . |
| 9 | After deciding to have her favourite crab-cakes , Christina sat back in the uncomfortable rattan chair , admiring Pauline 's Batik printed dress . |
| 10 | City walls , narrow streets , open shutters , old women sitting outside in the early evening . |
| 11 | At 9 p.m. the women sat down in the common room and said they were n't going to bed until the heating was fixed . |
| 12 | That night the adults sat round in the front room , among the Christmas lilies and gladioli in the last of the evening sun and talked after supper . |
| 13 | Katherine Lundy sat back in the darkened sitting room , her eyes on the deep red glow from the fire , the only sound the soft hissing of the burning coal and the solemn ticking of the clock . |
| 14 | Roger sat down in the high-backed armchair opposite her and smiled at her . |
| 15 | Starting with a bank loan of £4,000 , Roddick had no time to sit down in the early years and draw up a grandiose mission of what her organisation should set out to achieve . |
| 16 | As a result , they spend much of their time sitting down in the thick layer of muck which can inflict burns to their hocks and breasts , and they may also develop ulcerated feet . |
| 17 | Alice sat down in a big chair at one end . |
| 18 | Eventually the men at the long table sat back in a happy state of having eaten and drunk as much as they could possibly hold . |