Example sentences of "[pron] sat [prep] [art] [adj] desk " in BNC.
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| 1 | Used originally by Tallymen who sat behind a high desk to keep account of cargo being unloaded , and later adapted by film directors , you 'll find this seat ideal if you have a breakfast bar . |
| 2 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 3 | ‘ But I think it is a pointless exercise , ’ said Floy , somewhere towards morning , a thin , cold light filtering in through the windows to where he sat at a great desk , his black hair tumbled , hollows in his cheeks , his face white with fatigue . |
| 4 | He sat at a makeshift desk of unfinished lumber , and wrote and played with his thinning hair . |
| 5 | He sat at a large desk covered with papers , journals , medical books , a portable typewriter pushed to one end . |
| 6 | He sat behind the big desk , and Jill the secretary sat at her table opposite him across the room . |