Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] sit [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe it would be better if we sat facing the other way ? |
| 2 | As I sat facing the prisoners with an automatic weapon across my knees , I could still see the wounded German Officer a few yards away . |
| 3 | It 's at such times , as you sit eating a damp sandwich as water drips from your nose , as you scour the map for all the things you ca n't see , that you wonder why the hell you do it . |
| 4 | And then , as she sat watching the dancers , Molly thought of something which made her shiver , so that Ken Corduroy , noticing it , thought she felt cold in the dark garden and offered her the sweater which , like so many of the older guests , he wore knotted about his neck . |
| 5 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |
| 6 | As we sit watching the sparks going up , and as we inhale the fragrant smoke , we are inclined to become philosophical or to sing nostalgic songs … |
| 7 | Could anybody bring us a bottle down here you know because that would be nice would n't it on a on a cool Saturday afternoon here as we sit overlooking the grand metropolis of York . |
| 8 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |
| 9 | Two hours later , as they sat watching an Irish comedian telling jokes that she herself considered quite unsuitable for family viewing , jokes that she hoped were incomprehensible to Celia and her grandparents , the telephone rang : it was her mother , to report that Liz had not telephoned . |
| 10 | Mr Malik , Robert reflected , as he sat watching the headmaster discuss the school 's proposal to take boarders , build an indoor tennis-court and a hard playing-area and organize a Community Service scheme , was a creature of his own imagination . |