Example sentences of "he was sit [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly their honeymoon was a short one as Killigrew had , so , he sorrowfully informed his new bride , to hasten to Exeter , where he was to sit on the bench in the City 's courts . |
| 2 | He was sitting beside the river watching dead leaves floating downstream when he noticed that one leaf had suddenly started to behave very peculiarly — it was floating upstream . |
| 3 | On the Wednesday morning of the first week of the schedule he was sitting with the cards spread before him and feeling fairly secure . |
| 4 | When she came back he was sitting with the cat curled up on his knees . |
| 5 | He was sitting on the side of the bed , his head slightly tilted , his eyes closed . |
| 6 | I lifted Harry until he was sitting on the walkway and then , still gripping him tightly , wriggled up beside him so that we were both sitting there with our heads wholly above water , which may not sound a great advance but which was probably the difference between life and death . |
| 7 | He was sitting on the top deck of a London bus when the idea came to him . |
| 8 | The carer then holds him in the same way as if he was sitting on the side of the bed , with his head resting on her shoulder , and lifts him up and round onto the second chair . |
| 9 | He was sitting on the edge of the sheet now . |
| 10 | Look Joe — ’ Len leaned towards him from where he was sitting on the side of his bed and , lowering his voice , he said , ‘ I do n't want to probe , and I know I 've said this before , but I … |
| 11 | He was sitting on the couch facing her , his arm stretched out along the back . |
| 12 | At nine o'clock on his second evening at Plumford , he was sitting on the terrace of the Ferry Inn . |
| 13 | He was sitting on the edge of the big desk when she entered . |
| 14 | He was sitting on the gate ahead of me , writing in a notebook . |
| 15 | He was sitting on the counter in the shop , now , playing with the fiddling and fluting monkeys with his good left hand . |
| 16 | He was sitting on the wall by the broken tower where the pigeons had lived . |
| 17 | He was sitting on the edge of the desk used to interrogate Jimmy Devlin earlier , having retired to that room for explanations . |
| 18 | When I got back to the beach ten minutes later he was sitting on the baulk . |
| 19 | In lexis , on the other hand , there may be a limited choice too , as between positive or negative ; but there may be a wide range of possibilities , as between He was sitting on the chair/bench/stool/seat … |
| 20 | He was sitting on the ground near his packages over which he kept a protective , hostile arm , as if he did not want anything of his touched . |
| 21 | He was sitting on the edge of the bed , his collar loosened and the tie he had worn at dinner hanging loose about his neck . |
| 22 | He was sitting on the edge of the table and was regarding her with his steady blue gaze . |
| 23 | He was sitting on the floor among the cracker wrappings and the crumbs , his shoulders shaking , his eyes tight shut . |
| 24 | He was sitting on the edge of her bunk now . |
| 25 | He was sitting on the floor with his legs crossed , and had said nothing for over an hour . |
| 26 | He was sitting on the bench along the wall on the left . |
| 27 | He was sitting on the balcony of Room 302 at the Anpetuwi Lodge , and he was snorting smoke . ’ ’ |
| 28 | It shows that something stupid and it just went , spine , and he was sitting on the pavement out there for three or four minutes in agony , |
| 29 | For all Dougal knew he was sitting opposite the murderer . |
| 30 | ‘ We ca n't work out how he could have killed his wife while he was sitting at the opposite end of the table , ’ said Constable Bewman näively . |