Example sentences of "[pers pn] sat at a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I sat at a table in the window and drank a filtre .
2 She sat at a table while he went to get their lager and ploughman 's lunches .
3 They sat at a window table in the cafe looking out , watching every car that passed .
4 They sat at a table in the corner of the restaurant .
5 They had cups of sweet milky tea and they sat at a table .
6 They sat at a table covered with a checked tablecloth and tiles clicked underfoot ( Mummy brought back the tiles from Spain ) , and there was a big , brick fireplace with horse-brasses and copper pans and the boiler in the middle for the central heating , where there should have been a huge fire .
7 Inside the bar they descended again into the dining alcove , and they sat at a table by a small-paned window which was back on a level with the path outside .
8 They sat at a table in front of her , and talked quietly .
9 They sat at a table and looked down at the lights of the shipping in the Tagus .
10 They sat at a corner table , a slab of mahogany on an iron base that had once belonged to a Singer sewing machine .
11 Very loudly ( ad for some time before ) , a tailor had been singing as he sat at a window in a comer of the yard .
12 At that time of year there were few people about and he sat at a table by himself .
13 We can infer that George was in a restaurant , and that he sat at a table and looked at a menu .
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