Example sentences of "[noun sg] sat a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a desk before the window sat a pale man in a dark suit . |
| 2 | At a desk by the window sat a round-shouldered man . |
| 3 | At the other end of the shelf sat a dark figure . |
| 4 | Upon the top sat a magnificent eagle carved in sandstone . |
| 5 | On a steel-frame bed against the far wall sat a lanky figure , his head and shoulders covered by another black cowl hood . |
| 6 | On his head sat a tartan cap , predominantly red . |
| 7 | On an upright chair sat a young man — shaven-headed and bovver- booted — who had come for treatment for ‘ a most embarrassing men 's illness ’ ( he would not elaborate ) which had not improved with orthodox therapy . |
| 8 | There were more double doors at the end and in front of them on a tubular chair sat a uniformed constable reading the Sunday Express . |
| 9 | In the rear sat a restless Cord Dillon . |
| 10 | Coloured candles stood tall , there were glass boxes of shells which she and Thomas had collected , and in the stone hearth sat a vast earthenware urn filled with wild flowers . |
| 11 | At a table sat a royal-blue Sister with a crimped white turret on her head . |
| 12 | Around a pine table sat a beautiful girl with two men . |