Example sentences of "[pers pn] sit [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut a slice off the bottom of each pear to enable them to sit in a dish without falling over , and place in an ovenproof dish well spaced out . |
| 2 | I sat with a cup of coffee on my lap , still half-asphyxiated by what I took to be Neapolitan warmth . |
| 3 | I sat at a table in the window and drank a filtre . |
| 4 | I sat on a log among the shadows of creatures now extinct and others long since departed for pasture in the south . |
| 5 | Perhaps he heard , I do n't know , but he did n't look up and I sat on a stool near the door until it was finished . |
| 6 | I sat on a bench near the door , with my slate . |
| 7 | I dreamed last night that I sat by a fire with Grandmother & my brother & when I woke up I still felt my brother 's hand . |
| 8 | One evening , I sat in a cantina with a row of bottles on the bar , and tried to remember absurdly small things about my own life . |
| 9 | I sat in a dhaba in the shade of a tarpaulin , nibbling Id sweets and watching the festive crowds milling all around me . |
| 10 | She sits for a while beside them , her arm laid alongside the nightlight on the table ; the shoe of the Old Woman , with a pink bulb inside , lifts the shadows in a comforting way . |
| 11 | She sits for a moment on the arm of the chair , and rests her hand on my neck . |
| 12 | She sat for a moment on the narrow window ledge , scanning the shadows in case shapes , creatures , sentinels should materialise . |
| 13 | She sat for a moment in silence . |
| 14 | She sat with a sigh on a black plastic mushroom by the bar . |
| 15 | She sat on a stool beside the Queen 's high-backed chair , her hands clenched tightly in her lap , eyes fiercely studying the fur-trimmed hem of Matilda 's crimson robe . |
| 16 | She sat on a stool in the kitchen and gave orders like an admiral , you know , and it was wonderful . |
| 17 | She sat on a chair at the edge of the trees , an easel in front of her , painting . |
| 18 | As she sat on a pavement around lunchtime , she was approached by a boy , who it was claimed tried to demonstrate to her how an aerosol can be used as a flame-thrower . |
| 19 | She turned the handle of the spit when the Algerian gigots were roasted , larded with garlic and anchovies , in a kind of oval cage of iron slats in front of a hot fire of vine-stumps inside the huge hearth ; she sat on a bench inside the cheminée , turning the ratchet as it wound down , basting the lamb with oil and its own juices from a diabolical long spoon . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're not really reading that book , you 're just trying to look smart , ’ when she sat under a tree with some well-worn treasure . |
| 21 | She sat in a fury of indecision and worry , wondering if he and Ace had met . |
| 22 | She sat in a heap at the kitchen table . |
| 23 | She sat in a seat near the doors . |
| 24 | She sat in a chair with a shawl over her shoulders to keep off the draughts . |
| 25 | She sat in a corner on an antique settle as far away as possible from the blazing open fire . |
| 26 | She sat in a corner of the playroom , dressed in the brown serge dress and white apron she had been given , and tried to think how she could run away . |
| 27 | Though she sat in a drift of sun-warmed air from the open window , she shivered . |
| 28 | She sat behind a stream of cars stopped at the traffic intersections till they surged onwards and then stopped again . |
| 29 | If you sat with a girl in rows A to F , you 'd just met . |
| 30 | We sit on a bench beneath a tree as the sky begins to spit cool rain . |