Example sentences of "[pers pn] sit at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |
| 2 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 3 | That was it , Julia said to herself , as she sat at the big scrubbed table in the Florentine kitchen , all those years and a thousand miles away . |
| 4 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 5 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 6 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
| 7 | If they sit at the same or adjacent desks they have a spatial bond . |
| 8 | He had seen her sitting at the high table among the other ladies of noble birth who served the Empress . |
| 9 | Benjamin and I sat at one end of the trestle board , they sat at the other , grouped together like stupid boys immersed in their own private jokes . |
| 10 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 11 | They sat at the great wooden table , drinking a little water out of earthenware bowls , chewing cactus . |
| 12 | They sat at the far end of the carriage , talking in hushed tones . |
| 13 | He takes his time strolling over , and when he gets here he sits at the far end of the bench like he does n't know me . |
| 14 | And it sat at the other side of the gate |