Example sentences of "sit on the low " in BNC.

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1 During the summer months hordes of visitors regularly congregate there to eat and drink at their leisure on the paved terrace between the mellow sandstone walls of the inn itself and the river 's edge , where many sit on the low stone parapet and look below them through the clear , greenish water at the mottled dark-brown and silvery backs of the carp that rise to the surface to snap up the crisps and the crusts thrown down to them .
2 I sit on the lower deck with my soft holdall heavy at my feet , behind two laughing women from Jamaica swapping advice about knitting .
3 He sat on the low wall surrounding the pier gardens .
4 Mrs Fletcher , Roe Padfield and Mrs Thatcher sat on the low cupboard by the door and Tom pulled the table out so that everyone could squeeze round on three chairs , a stool and the arm of the armchair .
5 She noticed Kattina sat on the low sofa beside her , and sat unnecessarily close .
6 Christina sat on the low wall of the terrace and he sat next to her .
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