Example sentences of "[noun] sit [adv] [prep] a [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | Jackson sat there like an important man who was being kept from an engagement by a nuisance . |
| 8 | The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit , with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Two needlework cushions with tassels designed by David and made by a friend sit happily with a traditional Amish quilt . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Shamus sitting there like a stuck pig , and Kevin lookin' at his teacup . |
| 14 | But Fagin sat silently by a dead fire , staring at the flame of a candle on the table beside him . |
| 15 | To his surprise , when they got to the pub , he found Valerie Cass sitting there over a large gin . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | One late summer morning when Celia was getting on for four years old , Harriet drove back to Four Winds after one of her solo shopping-trips and was surprised to find Liza sitting outside with a young woman of about her own age . |