Example sentences of "[pers pn] sat [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I arrived at the Demob Centre , I sat around in a bare hall for what seemed like a couple of hours , with two or three hundred other Waafs , and we stared at each other without interest . |
| 2 | I ran down the pavement to get as far away from the hotel as I could , then I sat down in a doorway and continued crying . |
| 3 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 4 | I sat down in a very deep sofa . |
| 5 | With a second cup in my hand , I sat down in an upright chair opposite my hostess . |
| 6 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 7 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
| 8 | So I sat down in the warm , and ate the man 's breakfast . |
| 9 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |
| 10 | I sat down in the seat right by the door and , in between Seaforth and Litherland and Bootle New Strand , the doors suddenly opened and then closed while the train was moving . |
| 11 | I sat back in the sand and looked quickly round the area . |
| 12 | She sat up in a kind of horror , her feelings filling her up with shame . |
| 13 | She sat up in the bed and pulled the covers up to her armpits in an attempt to recoup a little of her dignity . |
| 14 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 15 | After a moment , she sat up in the cluttered bed and regarded him in mock annoyance . |
| 16 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
| 17 | There was no arguing with him , and it was very pleasant to have someone caring , so she sat back in the seat without further protest . |
| 18 | She sat back in the sun and closed her eyes . |
| 19 | ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me . |
| 20 | She sat back in the white plastic chair , fanning herself with her napkin . |
| 21 | Her pulse rate had slowed to somewhere near normal ; she sat back in the creaking wooden chair in a deliberate effort to appear relaxed , and returned his smile . |
| 22 | ’ She sat back in the driving seat , a neat , competent figure in a deep green spring suit as modest and suave as her own creamy countenance . |
| 23 | She sat back in the large , embracing armchair and took another mouthful of the splendid Spanish omelette . |
| 24 | She sat back in the seat as she racked her brain before coming to just one conclusion : Harry Martin . |
| 25 | She sat down in a chair , exhausted . |
| 26 | She sat down in a chair by the hearth . |
| 27 | She sat down in a chair by a table and as she had done once in Michael Swinton 's kitchen , put her head down on her folded arms and burst into tears of passionate gratitude . |
| 28 | She sat down in an armchair , but Robert remained standing . |
| 29 | She sat down in the chair at the head of the cot and very carefully slid her forefinger into the baby 's hand . |
| 30 | She sat down in the one comfortable chair ; it had come from their housekeeper 's room , and had found its way to Billy 's kitchen , like the strip of Turkey carpet with the hole in the middle . |