Example sentences of "[noun sg] sit [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I 've got a girl sitting down in the foyer . |
| 2 | The Marshal sat down in the gloom at the plush-covered table and faced the tearful woman across a bowl of plastic fruit . |
| 3 | It happened that the dog was silenced just as her last remark emerged , and over his body , flattened now to the sheet where he lay panting , the old woman sitting up in the bed flashed her a look . |
| 4 | The Captain sat down in the Brigadier 's chair where the girl 's effects were neatly folded and labelled . |
| 5 | The tattooed man sat up in the middle of the lesson , his blankets draped like a toga and barely concealing ‘ Jane ’ and ‘ King Kong ’ on his chest . |
| 6 | ‘ I had expected you before this , Mr Beckenham , ’ said the lawyer with a twinkle , setting a chair for his client to sit down in the drawing-room of the small house that served also for his office . |