Example sentences of "seat [pn reflx] on the " 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 | ‘ Joan , it will all turn out for the best — I know it will , ’ Anne assured her , seating herself on the edge of the bed . |
| 6 | Seating herself on the edge of the bed , Theda took it into hers and her fingers closed strongly about the bony ones she held . |
| 7 | He seated himself on the cold tiles and picked at their dark dusty colours with one finger . |
| 8 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 9 | As Alison disappeared with Irina , Ludens seated himself on the table . |
| 10 | Having made this announcement , my employer put his volumes down on a table , seated himself on the chaise-longue , and stretched out his legs . |
| 11 | Guido seated himself on the arm of a nearby armchair and looked at her with amusement in his eyes . |
| 12 | ‘ Does one , ’ asked Gay rhetorically , as she seated herself on the foot of the bed , ‘ quarrel with those to whom one is totally indifferent ? ’ |
| 13 | After a few seconds , Pam straightened up , seated herself on the chair beside the bed and took his right hand gently in her own . |
| 14 | Laura seated herself on the bed and Rex gave her a good sniff . |
| 15 | Victoria came up the room and seated herself on the couch , and without either greeting or preamble , she said , ‘ I 've had indigestion ever since Christmas Day . |
| 16 | Then she seated herself on the edge of the bed and , breathing deeply , raised the phone up to her ear . |
| 17 | The three Miss Lovelocks had seated themselves on the window-seat , their silvery heads nodding and trembling , and their glasses , as Ella was not unsurprised to see , quite empty . |
| 18 | And came again to seat herself on the High Throne . |