Example sentences of "[adv] sitting at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were still sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 2 | ‘ Entrez , ’ she called , still sitting at the dressing table , and turned her head with impeccable grace to welcome her guests . |
| 3 | She turned and saw him still sitting at the table . |
| 4 | Janine was now sitting at the kitchen table smoking a cigarette . |
| 5 | Now sitting at the back of the room is Sandra , who does much of the work . |
| 6 | I can picture her now sitting at the harmonium in her black lace gown , me standing beside her as we sang together . |
| 7 | THE ARBITERS of Britain 's nuclear future , now sitting at the Sizewell inquiry , might like to know of a new hazard connected with pressurised-water reactors . |
| 8 | If , therefore , the pointer reads " here " and we blink our eyes and look at it again we shall certainly find the pointer the second time still stolidly sitting at the mark " here " . |
| 9 | But he was still haunted by the scene the girl had conjured up : the old man in that bright little kitchen with its ramshackle fittings and earthenware sink : holding her , kissing her lips and her hair ; then sitting at the table , questioning her , promising to leave her some money , and finally , as a parting shot , telling her casually that her father and her aunt had both been illegitimate … |
| 10 | When I rushed up to my room M was there sitting at the pembroke table ( Minny was standing by the wall — looking frightened , I think G.P. was there , too , and other people , for some peculiar reason ) and the picture was in shreds — great long strips of canvas . |
| 11 | Simple reward charts can be used to reinforce either sitting at the table or finishing a meal for the 3-year-old and older . |
| 12 | Anyway he was at home that day , home for lunch , and he and Beryl were actually sitting at the table , talking as it happened about going down soon to take a look at the Hall , when Adam came in . |