Example sentences of "[pers pn] sat [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage .
2 I sat down at the little table , as well I might .
3 Once in her suite of rooms she sat down at a little Louis Quinze escritoire , its pale grey panels painted with carnations and pinks , and wrote a short letter to her faithless lover , asking him to call on her urgently at the embassy at eleven the next morning .
4 She was too to enjoy the hot weather and little beads of perspiration shone on her forehead as she sat down at the big desk opposite the row of girls .
5 They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body .
6 They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates .
7 He sat down at the far end of the table .
8 He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter .
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