Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] sat [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although D'Arcy sat on the board of the new company he was not disposed to play any further significant role . |
| 2 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 3 | Zirnheld succeeded in placing bombs on a few trucks , while Jellicoe sat beside the road and saw nothing . |
| 4 | The twins , George , their mothers , Lucy and her mother and Tom were all standing in the front room singing , while Sammy sat in the middle and howled . |
| 5 | He was still perched on the stool while Evelyn sat on the far side of the kitchen table . |
| 6 | Some of the gang members got into the car while others sat on the vehicle 's bonnet . |
| 7 | Servants hurried in and out of kitchens with pitchers of water while others sat in the shade whiling their time away with dice and other games of hazard . |
| 8 | Burning with mortification , Leonora looked away , sliding lower beneath the quilt like an animal burrowing for cover as Penry sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 9 | Leif demanded , as Vitor sat in the driving seat with the child on his knee . |
| 10 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 11 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 12 | The Russian writer , Ilya Ehrenburg , remembered evenings at the canteen when Modi sat on the stairs : ‘ sometimes declaiming Dante , sometimes talking of the slaughterhouse , of the end of civilization , of poetry , of anything except paintings . ’ |
| 13 | Now she walked into the kitchen as Lizzy sat at the breakfast bar and threw the diary in front of her . |