Example sentences of "[noun] sat [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ajayi sat down on the small stool on the other side of the table . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Karen sat down in the soft , dark sand and let the ripples of cold Atlantic water wash round her thighs . |
| 4 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 5 | Katherine sat silently for a long moment , her eyes growing perceptibly wider , the colour draining from her cheeks . |
| 6 | Katherine sat back into the heavy leather chair , watching the tall , thin man , her face hard and impassive . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | What are you doing sat up in the high chair ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Jackson sat there like an important man who was being kept from an engagement by a nuisance . |
| 11 | Julia sat down on a hard chair beside the child . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit , with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Mahmoud sat back with a little sigh of relief . |
| 16 | Philip sat down on the wet scree thinking about the War , and Arnhem where Great Uncle John had been killed . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | A week later , however , Charlie Allen of the CIA sat down with an undercover agent in North 's office to hear North read from his notebook |
| 21 | Maxim sat carefully on the least-soft chair he could find . |
| 22 | " Well , " Graham said awkwardly as Sara sat down on the small bed , " that 's us told . " |
| 23 | Kāli sat down on a flat stone , sighing with relief . |
| 24 | Mrs Mallory sat down on an upright , wooden chair . |
| 25 | One hundred and fifty staff , directors and partners sat down for an excellent meal at the venue followed by an equally good disco . |
| 26 | At the end of the day 550 people sat down for a superb dinner in the marquee , prepared by and his team , where the trophies and prizes from the Grand Draw were presented , followed by a disco . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | MARTHA HARLEY SAT down on the mossy stone parapet of the old bridge to put on her shoes . |
| 29 | Cassie sat up with a sudden , sharp indignant movement . |
| 30 | At 7 o'clock the office bearers , a number of the brethren and their lady friends sat down to a sumptuous repast in a granary tastefully decorated with evergreen and flags and after a long toast list the tables were removed for dancing . |