Example sentences of "he sit on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the shooting Melrose Spence , a friend of the defendant , saw him sitting on the bonnet of his car , talking to someone in a jeep . |
| 2 | yes , he 's took a photo of him sitting on the bike so you then he just had to pin it up on , on my thingy , and it 'd say , you know , you 'll never have this , it 'll give you something to , to go for . |
| 3 | I found him sitting on the bench to the side of the house gazing out over Backyards . |
| 4 | How would him sitting on the bench give him ‘ coaching experience ’ ? ? |
| 5 | Athelstan made him sit on the floor with his back to the wall and , crouching down beside him , told him quietly what he had learnt : how the wood carving being made for the coronation pageant might hold a clue to the killer 's identity . |
| 6 | He sits on the edge of the bed where Kate lies fenced in by bolsters and proffers it smilingly . |
| 7 | He sits on the bed for twenty minutes , sweating and smoking . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He sits on the grass |
| 12 | He sat on the toilet , watching the spray , waiting for the water to warm up , sipping his drink . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | More affectionate is his account of Minton who had , as he records , ‘ been brought along to my flat one evening by Keith Vaughan , where he sat on the floor with a drink in his hand , laughing a great deal and saying very little . |
| 16 | While I got us some bread and butter and milk he sat on the floor with his great head bent , staring at the carpet and tracing its patterns with his forefinger . |
| 17 | When I had nothing on at all he sat on the floor beside the bed with his cheek resting on one arm and watched my face while he caressed me . |
| 18 | Then he sat on the floor beside her , half turned towards her , leaning on one elbow . |
| 19 | He sat on the document for fully 12 months with no communication with our elected local councils . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He sat on the edge of the bed with his usual cynical observations , but he kept looking out of the corner of his eye . |
| 22 | There was cake , satisfying and fruity , and he sat on the edge of the chesterfield in Isobel 's sitting-room and ate it appreciatively between gulps of strong , sweet tea from one of her best bone china teacups . |
| 23 | He sat on the edge of the bed and dialled his office number . |
| 24 | He sat on the edge of a chair , eager to be away . |
| 25 | He sat on the edge of the bed to take off his boots . |
| 26 | He sat on the edge talking to her . |
| 27 | He sat on the edge of the bed in his hotel room and waited for the phone to be answered . |
| 28 | He sat on the edge of the bed and felt for his slippers . |
| 29 | DeVore looked back at her from where he sat on the edge of her bed and smiled . |
| 30 | He sat on the edge of the gazebo , wrung out the sock and dried himself as best he could . |