Example sentences of "he sat [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Fearon 's eyes opened fully and he sat up with a jerk , swore , rubbed his hand over his black curls and squinted at her . |
2 | The fall seemed to bring Liam to his senses and he sat up on the road wondering where he was . |
3 | He sat up on the bench and pulled on the robe . |
4 | He sat up on the chair by the fire . |
5 | He sat up on the bed , and she saw him wince . |
6 | He sat up on the bed , turning away from her , running a hand through his hair . |
7 | He sat up like a shot and his face was right over mine , blazing . |
8 | He sat back with a satisfied grin and looked contently around the open-plan hygienic nonentity of his executive sitting room in his executive house on an executive estate in Pangbourne . |
9 | He sat back in the armchair and watched the smoke drifting upwards from his pipe towards the gas lamp . |
10 | He sat back in the bed , pulling the sheets up around him . |
11 | He sat back in the chair . |
12 | He sat back in the taxi as it drove away . |
13 | He sat back in the wicker chair , and their eyes joined . |
14 | He sat back in the leather office chair and tapped his fingernails . |
15 | He sat back in the motor vehicle as the Doctor noticeably increased the speed of the journey . |
16 | ‘ Rachel Flint , ’ Damian murmured , eyes narrowed as he sat back in the white limousine , watching her . |
17 | He sat back from the microscope for a moment , then looked again . |
18 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
19 | Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him . |
20 | He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet . |
21 | She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him . |
22 | Then he sat down with a cup of coffee . |
23 | He sat down with a sigh , rubbing one hand over his eyes . |
24 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
25 | There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire . |
26 | He sat down for a few moments to consider his position . |
27 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
28 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
29 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
30 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |