Example sentences of "[was/were] sitting at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six of us were sitting at a table . |
| 2 | Late on the Saturday evening , in the glow which follows a good dinner and good wines , four of us , all old acquaintances , were sitting at a table in the lounge talking — inevitably — about birds , and the conversation got round to places we would like to visit . |
| 3 | The two of them were sitting at a table in the open air . |
| 4 | Paul Lexington and Bobby Anscombe were sitting at a table in the middle of the room , engaged in a fiercely whispered conversation . |
| 5 | One evening Atkins and his colleague were sitting at the factory exit . |
| 6 | ‘ Has anyone seen Christine or Robert King ? ’ she asked , turning to the others who were sitting at the back of the hall . |
| 7 | Rachel 's opportunity to speak to her parents came on Saturday morning after the community nurse had arrived and was tending to Jennifer in her room and she and her parents were sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 8 | The four police officers were sitting at the conference table in the Director 's office . |
| 9 | Geoffrey and Anthony were sitting at the end of Penzance Gardens , where it met Princedale Road . |
| 10 | The others were sitting at the table . |
| 11 | The only occupants of the room were a couple of young men who were sitting at the table , smoking Turkish cigarettes . |
| 12 | One evening , when the two of them were sitting at the Rotonde , Beatrice , ‘ the lady of Montmartre ’ , entered with a handsome escort . |
| 13 | A man was sitting at a desk , typing , another stood by a filing cabinet . |
| 14 | Conway 's secretary , Marie , was sitting at a desk . |
| 15 | ‘ They sent me out to do a match report and while I was sitting at a desk typing it up , Captain Bob appeared in the office , attracted by the presence of television cameras . |
| 16 | She was sitting at a table in the recreation room with her relatives round her . |
| 17 | Nell was sitting at a table with a fortyish couple who she later told me owned one of the horses in the box-car , a dark bay called Redi-Hot . |
| 18 | Sheridan Lorrimore , who was sitting at a table apart from his parents , demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once . |
| 19 | A few months later I was sitting at a table opposite three Foreign Office officials . |
| 20 | An old man with white hair was sitting at a table . |
| 21 | Doctor Stevie was sitting at a table having an early lunch . |
| 22 | The photo had been taken indoors and in poor light : the boy was sitting at a table , his head resting on one hand , a candle flickering nearby . |
| 23 | The man he was looking for , a Greek , was sitting at a table outside a cafe , deep in conversation with three Arabs . |
| 24 | Mandy was sitting at a table with other staff , all of them laughing and having a wonderful time . |
| 25 | He was sitting at a corner table with an English girl called Rose Franklin . |
| 26 | He was sitting at an angle which allowed him to watch the door . |
| 27 | Someone was sitting at the stone chess table . |
| 28 | He was sitting at the kitchen table , wearing one of Buddie 's shirts and sipping cocoa from a large cup , when his nanny , Buddie 's mam , arrived at the house . |
| 29 | So he was sitting at the kitchen table eating his plate of beans when Donald walked in . |
| 30 | Leo was sitting at the kitchen table , his large frame almost dwarfing the little wooden chair , arms folded across his massive chest so that it pulled the material of his shirt impossibly tight . |