Example sentences of "[pers pn] sit [adj] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat still for a full five minutes , then stood up brusquely . |
| 2 | She sat immobile for a long time , staring into the embers of the dying fire , her thoughts so chaotic that she could hardly make any order out of them . |
| 3 | She sat motionless on a wooden bench , |
| 4 | Always got like that when he sat still for a long time . |
| 5 | He sat alone on a trestled wooden bench , wondering what changes he would find on his return to the East End . |
| 6 | He sat silent for a long moment , recollecting how the past few years had dealt with Donata Blount and her family . |
| 7 | He sat silent for a long moment , considering her soberly from beneath knitted brows . |