Example sentences of "[pers pn] sat [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat around for a while , talking to people . |
| 2 | I sat down under a rhododendron bush and thought , And so am I , loony . |
| 3 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 4 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
| 5 | So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on . |
| 6 | I sat down on a milking stool , rolled up my trouser leg and examined the roll of skin which hung like a diploma at the end ofa long graze where the sharp hoof had dragged along . |
| 7 | I sat down on a rock in the golden air and stared at the vast expanse of glassy blue and listened to the sucking and lapping . |
| 8 | I ran down the pavement to get as far away from the hotel as I could , then I sat down in a doorway and continued crying . |
| 9 | I sat in on a board meeting the week before last and the Manager 's alleged report was nothing more than a series of orders closely followed by a succession of demands . |
| 10 | I sat back against a pine-stem and became lost in the pamphlet . |
| 11 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 12 | Then she remembered ; the car , the box , the head , she sat up with a start only to clatter back down again . |
| 13 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 14 | She sat up in a kind of horror , her feelings filling her up with shame . |
| 15 | She ran and ran but could not see a house anywhere , so she sat down under a flower to rest . |
| 16 | She sat down without a word and shook her head when Whitlock asked if she wanted coffee . |
| 17 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 18 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |
| 19 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 20 | When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time . |
| 21 | She sat down on a boulder and put her head in her hands . |
| 22 | She sat down on a chair in the hall beside the telephone . |
| 23 | She sat down on a chair and held the boy with one arm . |
| 24 | Her knees were weak , and she sat down on a chair the press rep brought over for her ; she could not have trusted her legs to walk over to it . |
| 25 | When Nancy was out in the street again , she sat down on a door-step , and for a few minutes seemed unable to move . |
| 26 | She sat down on a rock . |
| 27 | She sat down on a rock . |
| 28 | She sat down in a chair , exhausted . |
| 29 | She sat down in a chair by the hearth . |
| 30 | She sat down in a chair by a table and as she had done once in Michael Swinton 's kitchen , put her head down on her folded arms and burst into tears of passionate gratitude . |