Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] sitting on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Sunday afternoon , when Dana and I were sitting on the edge of the bed working over versions of various poems , the door , which we always left unlocked , suddenly burst open and a group of surly-looking students entered , led by a big bully who was not Spanish but Venezuelan . |
| 2 | I was sitting on the deck , my back exposed to the sun . |
| 3 | I was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when the news travelled from passenger to passenger : ‘ The president of the United States has been shot . ’ |
| 4 | But I was sitting on the sands of Ke Iki at midnight with a fairy-tale princess , a Botticelli Venus whose long blonde tresses reflected golden glints from the fire . |
| 5 | I WAS sitting on the other side of the fence with a vengeance on Friday evening , when I joined a large and motley chorus to sing Hiawatha 's Wedding Feast by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor . |
| 6 | One day I was sitting on the roof with Chola and Mina , shelling wild walnuts for oil . |
| 7 | When my husband came in , bringing the new neighbours with him , I was sitting on the floor , one foot wedged in the lavatory basin , and with the broken seat round my neck ! |
| 8 | I was sitting on the wall between our yard and the next , so I could hear every word . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ I was sitting on the edge of my seat , jumping up and down , shouting , ‘ If you win it 's because you try and if you lose you must not cry ’ . |
| 10 | I could smell her scent , very sharp and close , through the fog and dog smells at the foot of the lamp-post where I was sitting on the ground . |
| 11 | I was sitting on the sofa , quietly crying ; I think I was wishing that Auschwitz looked better than it did , just now , with its windless heat and plagues of flies homing in on the marshes . |
| 12 | I was sitting on the floor of the pantry , in my special place , drawing and feeling a little sad . |
| 13 | " It never occurred to me till yesterday , Mr Feather , when I was sitting on the seat and she smiled at me . |
| 14 | Next morning I was sitting on the garage roof watching starlings squabbling on the lawn and wondering if they were too busy to have noticed me , when they suddenly took off with a great rush of wings . |
| 15 | And we when we came of age puberty I was frightened to death me because I was sitting on the bea we were playing on the beach still a child of twelve cos we still went about with little socks on at twelve in them days . |
| 16 | I was sitting on the top of the bank , above the holes , the lighter of the Flame-thrower burning weakly in the sunlight , when , just over the minute , the first tunnel blew . |
| 17 | er better support and better advice for schools , but I agree entirely with what says , it 's no good having the best advice in the world if we ca n't deliver the er , er , the , the recommendations and one of the things that er has been borne in , on me , when I was sitting on the panel looking at special educational needs that the early identification of the early intervention when there are difficulties which start to arise in schools can save you a lot of money later on and unless the schools have the resources to er , er to meet with the er recommendations which are being made on particular children , then we are asking for trouble there , so that I 'm very concerned about the fact that er , the like , like the early one which was er increase that er provision . |
| 18 | ‘ I was sitting on the bench while the children ran off to play . |
| 19 | Okay I was sitting on the bench erm at the pavilion |
| 20 | I was sitting on the roof trying to get my gun . |
| 21 | I told you that when you were sitting on the fountain . |
| 22 | She was sitting on the floor , surrounded by dogs and cats — when Christopher came in , and lay on the sofa , without a word — as he always did — and listened to the music with her . |
| 23 | She was sitting on the bed beside him , clutching his shoulders and looking almost frightened . |
| 24 | Unaware of his presence , she was sitting on the soft springy turf , leaning back against the ancient wall of the summer-house and gazing dreamily across the blue haze of the estuary . |
| 25 | The memories are probably combined due to the fact that she watched the SS Great Britain being towed into harbour while she was sitting on the loo . |
| 26 | She was sitting on the steps of the summerhouse . |
| 27 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |
| 28 | She was sitting on the top deck and was cut and bruised by branches . |
| 29 | All birds are very temperamental and finicky with their food at the best of times , so I started by slipping titbits of chick under her feet while she was sitting on the glove . |
| 30 | Dressed , except for one stocking , she was sitting on the edge of the bed . |