Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] sit on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tape recorder sat on the table between a fluted glass containing an artificial rose and the giant black pepper grinder the waiter had inadvertently left behind . |
| 2 | No Soviet bloc representatives sat on the Commission . |
| 3 | Her sewing basket sat on the kitchen table where she had left it , after lunch . |
| 4 | Two cooks in white jackets and blue and white check trousers sat on the edge of a table having a conversation about their night out in Lille . |
| 5 | The ceiling joists sit on the top of this wall . |
| 6 | The sight , for instance , of a fat wrestler dressed in a bright open kimono and what appears to be a black chastity belt sitting on the train reading a comic book . |
| 7 | That night Gabriel sat on the planking where his bed had been , and rehearsed brave , off-hand , modest responses to the playmaster 's sympathy … |
| 8 | Throughout the night Joanna sat on the floor , too terrified to cry out for help or remove the blindfold despite being in agony as her contact lenses dried in her eyes . |
| 9 | He complained that health authority officials sitting on the Ling Trust board , including unit general manager Murray Duncanson , would not surrender their control over staff at the homes . |
| 10 | Allegations that residents with learning difficulties were physically abused and confined to their rooms were ‘ swept under the carpet ’ by health authority managers sitting on the board of Colchester-based Ling Trust , it was claimed . |
| 11 | The Union also elects student representatives to sit on the principal decision-making bodies of the University , the Council and Senate , and their major sub-committees . |
| 12 | The Union also elects student representatives to sit on the principal decision-making bodies of the University , the Council and Senate , and their major sub-committees . |
| 13 | Left : All five of the brightly coloured villages in Disney 's Caribbean Beach Resort sit on the edge of a huge lake , with beautiful sandy white beaches . |
| 14 | The pictures are identical except in three respects : the presence or absence of a teddy bear sitting on the chair , a difference in the pattern on the counterpane , a difference in the position of a mirror . |
| 15 | HIGH TECH SECTOR SITS ON THE FENCE |
| 16 | As she might have expected , it was almost empty , except for an air hostess sitting on the toilet , smoking . |
| 17 | A cut glass tumbler sat on the coffee table beside a bottle of gin and a bottle of tonic water . |
| 18 | I think I need to say on that , that that should not be taken as the county council sitting on the fence between two opposing er extremes . |
| 19 | ‘ My delivery boy sat on the bacon slicer this morning , ’ said the grocer . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the problem for the health service is that although the health authority sits on the policy group and is a coauthor of the community care plan , the work gets done — and the problems arise — in provider units . |
| 21 | A glass cabinet sat on the counter , crammed with dusty trinkets , leatherwork and tins of sardines . |
| 22 | First of all the radar signal was received and retransmitted by the Viking Lander sitting on the Martian surface . |
| 23 | Put at its simplest , it was jealous suspicion , for when she had looked through Barbs 's windows she had seen Memet 's straw hat sitting on the sill : he always put his hat on the window-sill . |
| 24 | I now see a certain awkwardness in the way Summerchild sits on the other side of my desk . |
| 25 | He did not have a watch , the only timepiece in the family was an aged alarm clock sitting on the kitchen shelf . |
| 26 | Sizing affects the way washes sit on the surface of the paper and the degree of luminosity with which they dry . |
| 27 | The report recommends that the number of representatives of public interest groups sitting on the new committee be reduced in favour of more process engineers from industry and union representatives , so the goodwill and trust of the public could also be jeopardised . |
| 28 | Family groups sat on the grass eating picnics , a band played , couples danced . |
| 29 | Behind the gun barrel , we could now see the tank crew sitting on the turret of the T-62 , one of them with a cloth tied round his forehead . |
| 30 | Three family members sit on the board as non-executive directors . |