Example sentences of "[noun sg] sit [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mile interviewer with sleek hair sits awkwardly on a high-tech chair , agreeing with him . |
| 2 | Calm down , an inner voice cautioned , as she stalked across the room to sit exhaustedly on a striped upholstered stool by a mirrored dressing-table . |
| 3 | Two needlework cushions with tassels designed by David and made by a friend sit happily with a traditional Amish quilt . |
| 4 | Declining the unctuous offer of the drymatic machine , he wrapped himself in a towel and sauntered through to his living room , where a sleek computer housed in non-reflecting black sat seductively on a complex work station . |
| 5 | ‘ Shamus sitting there like a stuck pig , and Kevin lookin' at his teacup . |
| 6 | The Doctor sat down on a nearby rock . |
| 7 | She turned round and looked at the brass-dialled clock sitting starkly on a red brick wall to the side of them and added , ‘ Only half-past eight . ’ |
| 8 | Eventually the men at the long table sat back in a happy state of having eaten and drunk as much as they could possibly hold . |