Example sentences of "seat [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seating ourselves on the trunk of an old ash-tree that stretched along the ground , Coleridge read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice , the ballad of Betty Foy . |
| 2 | ‘ How did you fare , my darling ? ’ he asked her , and took her hand , seating himself on the bed 's edge . |
| 3 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Cowley , seating himself on the edge of the desk . |
| 4 | He reached out and turned the lamp so that it shone onto her face , seating himself on the edge of the desk so that he could study her . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm obliged to you , ’ he murmured , seating himself by the fire and extending his hands . |
| 6 | ‘ You had indeed , ’ Feargal said with an ironic little bow before seating himself in the armchair opposite his mother . |
| 7 | ‘ Joan , it will all turn out for the best — I know it will , ’ Anne assured her , seating herself on the edge of the bed . |
| 8 | Seating herself on the edge of the bed , Theda took it into hers and her fingers closed strongly about the bony ones she held . |
| 9 | In the final stages of the peace-making at Utrecht in 1713 the representatives of the different powers avoided many of the difficulties and delays which had marked earlier such conferences by entering the meeting-place in the town hall pêle-mêle ( i.e. in no particular order ) and then seating themselves at a round table which had no head . |
| 10 | ‘ Piano , Aaron , piano ! ’ she called , and her middle stepson , with his mobile thin white clown 's face , emerged from the crowd and seated himself at the instrument , as Liz called to Deirdre and the butlers to fill glasses and then join the guests for a toast : Jonathan turned on the radio , the eagle-crowned clock over the marble mantelshelf struck , some joined hands and some did not , Aaron struck up Auld Lang Syne , Big Ben struck , some sang and some did not , voices rose straggling , pure and impure , strong and weak , tuneful and tuneless , there were cries and embraces . |
| 11 | Haile Selassie seated himself on a crimson throne , and shortly afterwards the Empress took her place on a smaller throne . |
| 12 | He seated himself on the cold tiles and picked at their dark dusty colours with one finger . |
| 13 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 14 | As Alison disappeared with Irina , Ludens seated himself on the table . |
| 15 | Having made this announcement , my employer put his volumes down on a table , seated himself on the chaise-longue , and stretched out his legs . |
| 16 | Guido seated himself on the arm of a nearby armchair and looked at her with amusement in his eyes . |
| 17 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 18 | He seated himself in a chair and Emily paused for a moment , she could hardly ask the maid to bring the girl into the drawing-room where Spencer would be listening to every word . |
| 19 | Cornelius seated himself in an exquisite chair before a mahogany partners ' desk . |
| 20 | When he had settled her , gently and with professional competence , he seated himself in the chair opposite . |
| 21 | Separating the tails of his jacket , he seated himself in the opposite chair , a frown creasing his forehead as he glanced about the room . |
| 22 | Back in Matthew Glynn 's office , Kersey seated himself in the swivel chair behind the desk and casually waved Morse to a client 's chair on the other side . |
| 23 | His eyes skimmed her face , his expression unreadable , as he seated himself in the armchair opposite her . |
| 24 | Then he was reaching for his own glass and inviting her to sit in one of the wicker armchairs overlooking the bay while he seated himself in the chair beside her . |
| 25 | ‘ Harry not back yet ? ’ he asked , as he seated himself by the open fireplace . |
| 26 | Looking at Philip Swallow now , as he seats himself in a low , upholstered chair facing her , Robyn has difficulty in recognizing the jet-set philanderer of Rupert Sutcliffe 's description . |
| 27 | The pupils seat themselves in a square representing the doctor 's office . |
| 28 | So the wise woman , taking a whip in her hand , seated herself on a small carpet and lashed it with the whip until it rose in the air and carried her to the forest . |
| 29 | ‘ Does one , ’ asked Gay rhetorically , as she seated herself on the foot of the bed , ‘ quarrel with those to whom one is totally indifferent ? ’ |
| 30 | After a few seconds , Pam straightened up , seated herself on the chair beside the bed and took his right hand gently in her own . |