Example sentences of "he sit by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I remember him sitting by the fire all wrapped up an' coughing . ’ |
| 2 | Though he sits by the gate of Shiloh , in his blindness watching the road , he is nearly the last in the town to hear the news . |
| 3 | He sits by the door and I read in my chair , and we 're like two people who 've been married years . |
| 4 | He sits by the hour with three or four words on his typing paper and listens to the noise from the room of a neighbour . |
| 5 | He sat by the window , against the light . |
| 6 | ‘ I sat on my bed and he sat by the door and we talked and I tried to persuade him to use his money to educate himself and he said he would but I did n't feel convinced . ’ |
| 7 | He sat by the door , and I knitted , knitted , knitted — I ca n't remember the letter word for word , but it was something like this : Dear Fred ( that 's the name she calls me by , he said , she does n't like Ferdinand — red with embarrassment ) . |
| 8 | As he sat by the fire softening potatoes between his gums , he felt pleased with himself . |
| 9 | He sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread for himself . |
| 10 | Now he sat by the fire with his whisky , a drink he did not care for , making conversation with Tony and hoping that it would soon be time for bed . |
| 11 | It was that particular phone he answered on that late November evening as he sat by the fire working on some files . |