Example sentences of "[noun prp] sit [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Venezuelan poet Juan Liscano sits by the sea and tells us that Europeans ‘ tend to classify us as exotic birds-parrots , or toucans … ’ |
| 2 | It belongs to a journalist absent in Eastern Europe , and is really just a large closet with a marble fireplace and a tiny bedroom and a bathroom where Candice sits across the bidet unembarrassed , much as she sits across his body . |
| 3 | And then he saw Creed sitting in the back of a black car parked on the Crumbles . |
| 4 | From the far side of the swimming pool they caught sight of Dora sitting on the terrace , reading . |
| 5 | I thought he was working there , but when I opened the door I saw Neil sitting in the driver 's seat . |
| 6 | As they approached , they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks , cleaning his face with his paws . |
| 7 | Its no use really having Rocky sit on the bench , or play in the reserves because Strach is fit . |
| 8 | Donna sat at the sitting-room window , the Beretta on the sill in front of her . |
| 9 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 10 | Zirnheld succeeded in placing bombs on a few trucks , while Jellicoe sat beside the road and saw nothing . |
| 11 | A day later , Corbett sat on the edge of his own bed in Leighton Manor watching Maeve busy herself round the room . |
| 12 | They stood , their arms round each other , staring at the view before them , then at last , turning from the window , David sat on the bed and pulled her between his legs so that as she stood with her hands on his shoulders he pressed his head against her stomach . |
| 13 | One Friday morning towards the end of the summer , Josh sat in the Guild Office , going through the wages list and making up the pay-packets to be doled out at the end of the day . |
| 14 | Valerie sat on the sofa . |
| 15 | Travis sat on the edge of the bed and gently caressed her fair hair away from her face with a hand that was ever so slightly unsteady . |
| 16 | Bernice sat by the raft . |
| 17 | Bernice sat in the comer of the room writing in her diary . |
| 18 | Rodney drove , Veronica sat in the front . |
| 19 | Lucy sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 20 | Aunt Bella sat at the table , poring over catalogues , surveying the accounts , calculating . |
| 21 | Scott sat on the edge of his own bed listening intently , hands clasped on his knees . |
| 22 | Downes sat at the table in Interview Room Two on the ground floor , spell-bound and motionless , as if a witch had drawn a circle round him thrice . |
| 23 | The twins perched themselves on the bed , Zach sat on the chair by the desk and George and Willie sat cross-legged with their backs leaning against the bookcase . |
| 24 | Richard sat on the side of the bed and looked at the floor . |
| 25 | But Miguel Rafaelo sat at the desk , looking through the files that Shelley had made of all the patients she had seen . |
| 26 | A key figure in the world of high finance , Colebrooke sat in the Commons as MP for Arundel between 1754 and 1774 , and close links with Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles , first Duke of Newcastle [ q.v. ] , secured him a number of lucrative government contracts . |
| 27 | Maisie sat in the corner of the kitchen with one chocolate bar in her mouth , another in her right hand , another in her lap and a fourth beside her on the draining board , in case anything should happen to the other three . |
| 28 | For example , three representatives from the Isle of Ely sat on the committee although only four short courses had been arranged in that Authority . |
| 29 | Zeus sits on the right , his right hand raised to Hera 's left wrist as she stands before him unveiling : the hieros gamos , holy wedding . |
| 30 | Uncle Alfred woke from his day-long nap to find Anabelle sitting by the canal . |