Example sentences of "sit at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them , she recalled , would often sit at the balcony of the little pavilion and watch the confident arrival of the night . |
| 2 | It would sit at the foot of the sick-bed and , if it gazed at the patient , its eyes would magically absorb the malaise so the man had a renewed chance of life . |
| 3 | Today I asked him to bind me and gag me and let me sit at the foot of the cellar steps with the door out open . |
| 4 | Their king is Aillen mac Midha , and in the past he would sit at the foot of the Palace ramparts , slender and blue-green , and with the chill faery blood of all the sidh in his veins . |
| 5 | The girls said it was the room with the round window that faced down the town and that Eve could sit at the window and watch everyone and where they went and who they were with . |
| 6 | You 'd sit at the gate for ages in , in the hope that the road would be clear as well . |
| 7 | Woosnam will not sit at the head of the table but , as the newest member , at the end of a sprig . |
| 8 | He would sit at the head of the long table , the various amounts were packed in white paper with the name of the recipient on each . |
| 9 | How can he now ever sit at the head of the Church , representing morality and the essential values of love within marriage and devotion to family life ? |
| 10 | While he talked to a girl , she would sit at the bar and talk to the nearest man . |
| 11 | At that point in his life , he would sit at the door of a club when he was playing and he would glare at the people who came in . |
| 12 | ( 1 ) A smaller , more rapidly tumbling bar may sit at the core of the kiloparsec-scale bar discussed above . |
| 13 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 14 | When young she admired Victoria de los Angeles and Jusi Bjoerling , but found their singing so moving that ‘ I 'd start to weep , the body can hardly stand it ’ , and so would sit at the back of the hall . |
| 15 | I 'll sit at the back probably , in the back corner there . |
| 16 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 17 | wanted that old , is it , the rag and bone people , you know , rubbish , and er I suppose somebody taught him and er he , he played in that and er you know did the little towns and the vic the vicar used to come and sit at the back , a seat under against , under the window and watch , perhaps he thought he 'd er get some little co |
| 18 | No I 'll sit at the back . |
| 19 | his beard and everything to a T. He 'd sit at the top of the table , have his stiff white serviette tucked into his waistcoat , and he 's lifted that carving knife and fork until — you sat there and you never said a word . |
| 20 | No it would n't , ca n't , ca n't not at the ground level , it will sit at the top |
| 21 | Although he had n't sold a book in weeks he would happily sit at the counter engrossed in his beloved William Blake until it was time to turn the sign on the front door from ‘ Open ’ to ‘ Closed ’ . |
| 22 | It should follow the command ‘ heel ’ without difficulty , and will also sit at the side of a road before being told to cross . |
| 23 | During the session Sir John May , the inquiry chairman , announced that he would sit at the inquiry with three lay assessors , and that the government had agreed to the granting of immunity from prosecution to witnesses . |
| 24 | She would sit at the piano and sing . |
| 25 | At most Clubs , Pirates can sit at the Captain 's table for an early evening meal , often with free lemonade or mineral water . |
| 26 | An audience can only sit at the front of the stage and the hall stretches back for miles . |
| 27 | Others simply stood around the door resisting every invitation to come forward and sit at the front among middle-aged relations and family friends . |
| 28 | ‘ Ca n't we sit at the front ? |
| 29 | Well no let her sit at the front now Christine do n't be |
| 30 | Oh shall we go and sit at the cafe ? |