Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] sat on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred would listen patiently until he could stand no more and then depart to the small back yard , where he sat on an upturned tea-chest and vowed that one day he would forget how efficient his kitchen hand was and just do away with her . |
| 2 | It began to get quite hot so we sat on a mossy bank and shared an orange . |
| 3 | He stood before her as she sat on a low chair , and drenched her with his urine . |
| 4 | ‘ They kept the fighting till later when they sat on the management-union joint negotiation committee . |
| 5 | It was Paula 's job to show samples , parading slowly up and down in front of the clients as they sat on the elegant spindle-leg chairs taking in every detail of the garments with a critical and practised eye . |
| 6 | The hills themselves looked asleep , the heather glowed dust-blue in the hazy light , and the people , after a night of little sleep and hours of walking and standing , now looked stunned as they sat on the grassy banks , leaned on dykes , or lay on their backs in the hayfields , munching oatcakes and drinking the last of their water . |
| 7 | All through the morning , as they sat on the makeshift bunks , they stared without comment at the kneeling figure who ground away at the rust around the bolt . |
| 8 | The estimable Anderson spoke half-truths as his friend and fellow bag-carrier , Billy Gunn , now explained as he sat on a green caddies ' bench and waited for the call to duty . |
| 9 | Back in the room , he made her kneel before him , as he sat on the upright chair . |