Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] sat [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we sat in the creamy splendour of the Glasgow Hilton — with Erdman Lewis , the hotel group is sponsoring the production . |
| 2 | So we , we went away , putting our package together , and we went in we sat in the either end of the table . |
| 3 | Tonight I sat in the tiny living room of a schoolmaster 's house in Mufakose , one of Salisbury 's African townships . |
| 4 | Edward paid the taxi driver in advance and all the way home she sat in a happy daze . |
| 5 | Now they sat in the tiny dressing room , their washing hanging on the radiators , eating health food and tirelessly sending information and soft-focus photographs of themselves to directors , theatres , agents , TV companies and producers . |
| 6 | Lucas had been relieved of belt , tie , shoelaces , and everything in his pockets , and now he sat in the far corner on the mattress with his knees drawn up and his arms clasped around them , as if to present the smallest possible outer surface to the world . |
| 7 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 8 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 9 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 10 | Sometimes they sat in the front room reading aloud from the work of a man called Ian McEwan , an author who , according to Elinor , had ‘ a great deal to say ’ to Henry Farr . |
| 11 | ‘ Gee , ’ Charity Marlowe responded drily from where she sat in a decrepit upholstered chair , her head thrown back , her hair hidden under a towel , and her eyes clenched tightly shut . |
| 12 | So to while away the time while they waited for dark again they sat in a back room and fiished the waistcoat . |
| 13 | ‘ But I think it is a pointless exercise , ’ said Floy , somewhere towards morning , a thin , cold light filtering in through the windows to where he sat at a great desk , his black hair tumbled , hollows in his cheeks , his face white with fatigue . |
| 14 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |