Example sentences of "[pron] sit [v-ing] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly everyone had gone except for one man , the show 's principal backer , who sat crying at the table . |
| 2 | We sat staring at the rain streaming down the windscreen . |
| 3 | They sit staring at the sunlight reflected off the monotonous river . |
| 4 | He turned into the one occupied by his stepmother , switched off the motor , and for several moments they sat looking at the house whose drawn blinds and closed windows seemed to proclaim its emptiness . |
| 5 | He sat looking at the river with his shoulders hunched up . |
| 6 | He sat looking at the fire with lowered eyelids , a contented expression on his face , looking like a big overfed cat . |