Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] sat [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In these scenes an unknown actress , impersonating Harlow 's voice , speaks the lines with her back to the camera or with her face hidden by a wide-brimmed hat ; at the sight of this , Boy simply got up and left the living room , left the end of the film unwatched and just sat in the kitchen with a pot of tea .
2 Daffodil arrived after everyone else with each bright curl in place and pleasantly sat across the aisle from the Filmer/Young table , asking for news of Xanthe 's night .
3 They hovered over the playing fields and even sat on the goal posts .
4 He volunteered and bravely sat in the middle of the sales office to have it shaved off on the day .
5 She went into the kitchen and tidied up , and then sat at the front window , watching people pass , hunched in her own disillusionment .
6 I had lunch and then sat on the wheelbarrow swatting flies , neither willing to go further out of my way , nor to return , just in case I was on the right track .
7 He picked up the wine cup and sipped from it and then sat on the bed next to Sir John , staring down at the great wooden bed posters .
8 For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose .
9 He is Deputy Prime Minister , but yesterday sat on the very edge of the platform group .
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