Example sentences of "[noun sg] and sit on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he walked into his bedroom and sat on the edge of his bed with his head bowed while the bath filled , breathing deeply . |
| 2 | I went into my own bedroom and sat on the bed for a few minutes . |
| 3 | But once in the bedroom and sitting on the edge of the bed , her arm around her daughter , what could she say ? |
| 4 | Among Max 's other hobbies are going for long walks , travelling in the car and sitting on the fax machine , which always gives him a surprise when it starts working . |
| 5 | They walked towards the seashore and sat on the rocks , beside a pool with anemones in it . |
| 6 | He walked over to the window and sat on the sill . |
| 7 | Why do n't you move this Zimmer and sit on the seat ? |
| 8 | A former chairman of Meirionnydd FUW , he has been a long-serving member of the union 's finance and executive committee and sits on the Meat and Livestock Commission 's sheep technical committee and research and development sub-committee . |
| 9 | He keeps it on , though , goes to the summit of Amon Hen and sits on the Seat of Seeing . |
| 10 | There was a sense of urgency about proceedings now ( the fifteen minute assembly time was more than half over already ) so everyone duly dropped bags , coats and shoes where they were , filed into the sports hall and sat on the floor for the assembly . |
| 11 | He walked down the passage and sat on the bottom of the stairs . |
| 12 | The linnet she had chosen stopped trilling and sat on the bottom of the wicker cage , its little brown body huddled unhappily beneath the perch . |
| 13 | He gazed at Frau Nordern as she squeezed past the desk and sat on the bed . |
| 14 | Mahmoud came round the desk and sat on the front of it . |
| 15 | She gave us parties and disapproved of me teaching : Jennifer darling , surely you can get a job in a nice private girls ' school But when I was 14 and had awful tonsillitis she brought me lemon and honey and sat on the edge of the pillow holding my damp hand . |
| 16 | So he walked to the park and sat on the park bench and let his thoughts pass through his head . |
| 17 | Lane led Booz Allen 's Information Systems Group , served on the board and sat on the firm 's Executive Committee . |
| 18 | He climbed up the wheat-rick and sat on the top , beating down the flames with the branch . |
| 19 | They returned to the landing and sat on the stairs . |
| 20 | The stop sign at Low Level Station was inscribed ‘ Last Stop before the Crystal Palace ’ and on passing here , the driver would set his controls to climb the hill and sit on the stairs to consume his repast . |
| 21 | I climbed the steps to my room and sat on the side of the bed looking out the window . |
| 22 | Jack , who had been standing near his friend holding the torn halves of the sketch in either hand , went to the far end of the room and sat on the desk . |
| 23 | They went into the spare room and sat on the bed . |
| 24 | He heard the coffee-cup as she put it down , then the soft swish of her skirt as she crossed the room and sat on the chair again . |
| 25 | He shook his head and sat on the bottom of the bunk beds . |
| 26 | As I clambered out of the trench and sat on the grass with my back to a tree he handed me a mess-tin full of very tasty Machonachie stew which I soon polished off . |
| 27 | He says apart from drill in the sense of head-counts , turn your back to the blast area and sitting on the ground covering your eyes and so on — none whatsoever . |
| 28 | When all the girls left the schoolroom at five o'clock , I climbed down from the chair and sat on the floor . |
| 29 | The doctor nodded and went out and Schellenberg lit a cigarette and sat on the edge of the desk . |
| 30 | Shelley went out to the patio and sat on the swing . |