Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] sat [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 2 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 3 | During the service he sat in the front pew and listened to the preacher talking about the kind of woman she had been , and he knew it was n't like that , but the doctor had given some pills and he felt drowsy and numb , and illogically cheerful , as if he was slightly drunk , but at the stage where everything seems enlarged and unfamiliar . |
| 4 | The next morning I sat on the front steps with my head in my hands . |
| 5 | Now she grew herbs along the south-facing wall at the end ; and in summer she sat on the tiny lawn , smelling the yellow roses and watching the clematis creeping over the fence from next door . |