Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] sat at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Guthrie Hepwood sat at the head of the table with Leith seated on his right , and with Naylor next to her .
2 Liam Devlin sat at the piano in the Lights of Lisbon , a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth , a glass of wine on one side .
3 Aunt Bella sat at the table , poring over catalogues , surveying the accounts , calculating .
4 He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range .
5 Helen Sandberg sat at the radio in the control room .
6 Ambassador Fairweather sat at the end of the table .
7 That 's fine if you say yes , but your client comes in , you forget all about Joe Bloggs sat at the back
8 Felipe de Santis sat at the wheel , his eyes dark and irritated as he approached at speed over the rough ground .
9 Queen Margaret sat at the head of the cracked , dangerously shaky table whilst Catesby ordered benches to be brought in for the rest .
10 When Mr Major gave an unhappy press conference late on the Sunday night , his permanent secretary , Sir Patrick Wright , and other FO officials sat at the back of the room , suggesting either moral reinforcement or a watchdog role .
11 When Mr Major gave an unhappy press conference late on the Sunday night , his permanent secretary , Sir Patrick Wright , and other FO officials sat at the back of the room , suggesting either moral reinforcement or a watchdog role .
12 Anthea Darnell sat at the mahogany desk in the living room of her cottage , writing a rough draft of her forthcoming lecture on bubonic plague .
13 Asa Vaughan sat at the dining table in the living room at Ilse Huber 's apartment , Devlin opposite him .
14 Big , burly Ernest von Witzendorff sat at the foot of the conning-tower and laughed when he remembered how tough it had been in 1944 when Allied planes with radar covered the Atlantic .
15 Dr John Foley sat at the head of the table , and looked at his five sons .
16 But Miguel Rafaelo sat at the desk , looking through the files that Shelley had made of all the patients she had seen .
17 Julie Craig sat at the wheel of the Fiesta , her head bowed .
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