Example sentences of "[noun] sat [adv] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neil sat down at the table and placed his newspaper on its gaudy oilcloth cover . |
| 2 | Diana Spencer sat quietly at the bottom of the cold stone stairs at her Norfolk home , clutching the wrought-iron banisters while all around her there was a determined bustle . |
| 3 | He fumbled with the microphone while the girl sat down at the rear , the bag in her lap . |
| 4 | Helen sat down at the table and watched him . |
| 5 | The coroner sat forlornly at the desk in his chamber , his little chancery or writing office as he called it , a place he loved , at the back of the house away from noisy Cheapside . |
| 6 | At breakfast time Matilda sat quietly at the dining-room table eating her cornflakes . |
| 7 | Willie sat dejectedly at the table and watched Tom drag his small mattress past the window . |
| 8 | The canteen at TV London was largely deserted at half past ten the next morning when Dexter and Blanche sat down at a table in the corner of the self-service section . |
| 9 | Philip sat down at the table . |
| 10 | On the kitchen landing , the dog sat staunchly at the top of the stairs , blocking her way with its back to her , apparently sunk in thought . |
| 11 | The man sat down at the table and Marcus put water in the kettle . |
| 12 | Tuppe sat dejectedly at a table by the door . |
| 13 | The mother and daughter sat down at the table . |
| 14 | Both men sat down at the table . |
| 15 | The parents of the nine missing children sat together at the front . |
| 16 | Lorton sat down at the table . |
| 17 | His Dad sat down at the kitchen table with the paper . |
| 18 | Penelope sat down at the dressing table and tried to do something to her hair . |
| 19 | The Gnomes sat together at the end of the breakfast table and waited anxiously for the verdict . |
| 20 | When Thomas was contentedly playing with his cars , Ashley sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 21 | Naturally , such a tale of musical turpitude sat well at the centre of a rather glibly ( and often inaccurately ) assembled documentary devoted to the somewhat tendentious premiss of its headline-catching title ; but it illustrates , too , how muddled and superficial — not to say unpleasingly moralistic — thinking on these matters can be . |
| 22 | Peggy sat down at the kitchen table and looked at the mail . |
| 23 | Sarah sat quietly at the table in the room , and looked at her hands . |
| 24 | Alice sat on at the end of the table , in the quiet kitchen . |
| 25 | Soon after we arrived , the whole family sat down at the table for dinner . |