Example sentences of "[subord] he sit on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did a really intimate show where he sat on the edge of the stage with his ankles crossed and talked to them and sang them songs . |
| 2 | The world of the Zoo seemed to move without any noise at all and around the Cages all was still but for the visitor Creggan had attacked , who swayed back and forth where he sat on the ground , others gathered around him . |
| 3 | Having lifted Hector into the vehicle , where he sat on the floorboards , panting with his tongue lolling out , and wagging a satisfied tail , Benedict swung himself up and grinned down at her as he took the reins into his hand . |
| 4 | Although he sat on the fence with the rest of London 's Jews during the noisy campaign of Rabbi Manasseh ben Israel [ q.v. ] of Amsterdam to secure a public readmission of the Jews to England , eventually he was forced to show his hand . |
| 5 | The occupational therapist may supply portable handrails in the early stages after the stroke , so that the patient has some support on each side while he sits on the toilet , although these should not be used to lean on when standing up or sitting down . |
| 6 | Between the noise of the bloody guns and clouds of bloody mosquitoes buzzing around my head , all I 've had for my two hours is more mosquito lumps on my face , and I 'm more tired than ever. , Taff and I chatted while he sat on the floor of the trench smoking his cigarette . |
| 7 | The bed height should allow the patient to touch the floor with his feet when he sits on the side on the bed , although his hips should be slightly above the level of his knees . |
| 8 | ‘ This is reward for many years of hard work , for all the perseverance and the lonely nights , ’ he said as he sat on the terrace of the clubhouse revelling in the atmosphere and attention of a successful first round . |
| 9 | Two or three boys stood round him as he sat on the floor nursing the side of his head where a lump was rising under his probing fingers . |
| 10 | Rubberneck , as he sat on the bed , his head way down , under it , saw the suitcase . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , love , ’ he whispered , as he sat on the side of the bed . |
| 12 | She lay awake until he came up but he passed their door without stopping and she heard his door close and the jangle of springs through the wall as he sat on the bed to take his boots off . |
| 13 | As he sat on the mud floor of his cell , disdaining the bed , he said that he would do exactly the same again . |
| 14 | Back in the room , he made her kneel before him , as he sat on the upright chair . |
| 15 | Feeling as if she had been dismissed , Lindsey watched as he sat on the bed and reached for his stethoscope . |
| 16 | She watched and listened as he sat on the bed , held the frightened woman 's hand and made her believe it too . |
| 17 | She shrank away in undisguised terror as he sat on the edge of the bed , reaching for her hand . |
| 18 | ‘ Corp ’ will do , ’ Charlie said with a grin , as he sat on the end of the bed sewing a single stripe on to a sleeve of his uniform . |
| 19 | Each has a chief executive who , though he sits on the board of nearly 600 directors , is not accountable to the head of the group . |