Example sentences of "[noun prp] sat in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Drago and Apanage went into the small kitchen next to Drago 's workroom to prepare a meal , Cleo and Dauntless sat in a cosy parlour where a log fire warmed the stones of an enormous chimney breast . |
| 2 | Billy sat in a far corner of the little pub with Chopper Harris , Frankie Albright and Freddie the Nark , and Freddie was trying hard to sound convincing as he put his plan over to his friends . |
| 3 | All day Coleman sat in a hot studio staring at one picture and maintaining hours of nonstop commentary to out-Dimbleby the best of them . |
| 4 | Archer sat in a hard-backed chair , very erect . |
| 5 | Raoul and Christine sat in a dark corner , and Raoul took Christine 's hands . |
| 6 | She says she was taken to the Plaza Hotel , to a party where Hoover sat in a fine black frock and insisted on being called ‘ Mary ’ ; after a while , he retired to the bedroom to be petted by two bought boys , one of whom prudently wore rubber gloves . |
| 7 | At 2pm on Wednesday 12 February , John Hutt sat in a dry ditch within easy view of the small Touchen End baker 's shop . |
| 8 | Mrs Watts sat in a deep chair in a dark corner of the room but Hari had the impression that the woman was like a cat sleeping with one eye open , watching everything that went on . |
| 9 | Franklin D. Hauser sat in a large Regency chair , wearing evening dress , in the large living room at the front of the house . |