Example sentences of "[pers pn] sat for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 2 | In old age she sat for long periods by her bedroom window , looking out over roof-tops to distant church spires and tower blocks . |
| 3 | In Bucharest she sat for 48 hours in her hotel , waiting for word from her Romanian solicitor . |
| 4 | They sat for some time talking and drinking tea before the music began . |
| 5 | They sat for several minutes , drinking coffee and talking companionably of this and that . |
| 6 | He sat for many hours in front of a mirror , moving his joints , detecting stiffness in a knee , juggling with cakes of soap to see if he could still do it . |
| 7 | He sat for sixteen years on the London school board , and seventeen on the London county council . |