Example sentences of "on a bench " in BNC.
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| 1 | We arranged to meet on a bench outside the Royal Academy at five o'clock . |
| 2 | On a bench a young woman with red hair had been suckling her baby . |
| 3 | I had n't seen her sitting on a bench not far from the spot . |
| 4 | It was growing dark , and she thought of sleeping on a bench or under a tree in a remote part of Regent 's Park , but she was afraid that , having spent the night out and returning in a dishevelled state , her landlady might assume the worst and not let her in again . |
| 5 | The village was quiet with only a couple of old men sitting on a bench outside the church as we drove through the gates of the big house and along the road through the village , passing the Chateau where the Commando dead had been placed on the front lawn shortly after we had entered the village , and during the bitter fighting of the first ten days . |
| 6 | He liked to sit on a bench in the square and talk with , or rather be talked to by , the old retired miners . |
| 7 | They sat on a bench in the Flower Walk , the beautifully tended beds laid out for them and all the tulips listening attentively , and Maggie broke the rule of her lifetime and told Hermione about Fenna . |
| 8 | I turned and saw a sad-eyed middle-aged man sitting on a bench staring at me . |
| 9 | I write about Agnes , I try to imagine her , I let her sit on a bench in the sauna , walk around Paris , leaf through a magazine , talk with her husband , but the thing that started it all , the gesture of a woman waving to a lifeguard by the side of a pool , it must seem as if I had forgotten that . |
| 10 | ‘ Enjoy life while you 're young , ’ said a man to a woman sitting on a bench . |
| 11 | Sheep in a shelter , a pig on a bench , a woman on the well-stones , two men swinging their legs : why are they so persistent , why are they linked together ? |
| 12 | Pig on a bench . |
| 13 | He 'd been there all night sleeping on a bench . |
| 14 | Some years ago , when looking for wrapping for specimens in the Scottish National Museum , I found some dirty old papers lying on a bench . |
| 15 | ‘ Dr Henry is extremely short-sighted and as he bent down to try to find them , he was punched a second time , which caused him to fall back and land on a bench , ’ Mr Thomas said . |
| 16 | Even if you are not a great fan of exercise-to-music and think stepping up and down on a bench is n't exactly going to be a barrel laughs , you may still find this fun . |
| 17 | Agnes now went into the back room and , after washing her hands in a bowl of water that stood on a bench , she dried them , then smoothed her hair back and adjusted the bow at the neck of her dress . |
| 18 | Then he went round to the back and told the Brownie Guider who was sitting on a bench inside with the Brownies . |
| 19 | As a sideline , to fill in time when the shop was devoid of customers , Tommy repaired umbrellas on a bench tucked away in the corner . |
| 20 | The quarters were pressed together in a compressed air jig , and then placed on a bench and the panels , mouldings and windows fitted to them . |
| 21 | She forced the Girls through their paces for a complete day , at the end of which they fell exhausted in a line on a bench . |
| 22 | But at home you might put an open packet on a bench in the greenhouse or spill some seeds , or leave them on the grass while you run to answer the phone . |
| 23 | He was sitting on a bench near the top of the hill , overlooking the throw-yourself-off bridge and the deep deep gorge . |
| 24 | At that precise time , she was sitting on a bench in the middle of the corridor , at a carefully calculated point that should be just out of sight from the security cameras at either side . |
| 25 | Using exactly the same technique , I encouraged her to imagine doing just this and to practise for a further fortnight , after which she was in fact able to go to the local park and sit on a bench watching the children at play . |
| 26 | She had detoured through the town 's central square on the way home and had sat down on a bench , raising her head to the trees . |
| 27 | Four Women on a Bench , oil on canvas , 1991 . |
| 28 | Seated together on a bench seat by a warm hearth , it seemed to Joan that they were isolated from the intrigue and controversy that were presently raging around the royal family . |
| 29 | In his usual thrusting manner , he fought inside McLaren to get the engine put to use as soon as possible , knowing full well that engine development on a bench or in testing is very different to developing an engine that will be competitive under the stress of FI racing . |
| 30 | She followed him back into the little harness store and sat down on a bench while he lit the paraffin stove which soon filled the room with its smell and heat . |