Example sentences of "[pron] sat [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat silent for a while , making a decision . |
| 2 | There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me . |
| 3 | They sat still for a second , then Evans stood up and pushed his chair back and the others followed . |
| 4 | He sat still for a while , steadying himself , waiting for explanations to arrange themselves in his head . |
| 5 | He sat quiet for a while . |
| 6 | When she had finished and was stirring a saccharine tablet into her coffee , he sat silent for a while , his little eyes half closed , his pursed lips showing that he was thinking hard . |
| 7 | He sat silent for a moment , glancing with a look of displeasure at the cars jamming them in on either side . |
| 8 | He sat silent for a moment , thinking . |