Example sentences of "they [was/were] sitting [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 2 | They were sitting on the terrace outside her curved stables-cottage , watching the sun go down over Capability Brown 's vista , uninterrupted because of the ha-ha ( however did it get that name ? ) — and they were talking , over glasses of wine , about poetry . |
| 3 | It was while they were sitting on the grass en famille watching the Highland dancing that Jean first noticed Berta . |
| 4 | It was time for the deadly follow-up — the Offensive Offensive in which John Major would savage his opponents , even if they were sitting on the benches behind him . |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Hatherby says that she can write to the principal of her college when I 'm in the sixth form and see if they can give me a place , ’ Constance said casually when they were sitting on the lawn one afternoon . |
| 6 | Private pilots who have never flown anything bigger than a C172 or a Warrior could without trouble convince themselves they were sitting on the flight deck of an airliner . |
| 7 | And they were sitting on the only two chairs at the table . |
| 8 | They were sitting on the bed in their night things , their hair long down their backs : Jill 's light brown , Jennifer 's almost black . |
| 9 | One morning they were sitting on the fence , waiting for the 9.15 , when Phyllis said , ‘ It 's going to London , where Father is . |
| 10 | And then the er the older ones when they were if if they were sitting on the walls outside , the erm deck level flats , again they were either disturbing the people there or , the people were out shouting at them to get away and sit on their own walls and things like that . |
| 11 | They were sitting on the bank opposite Steen 's house , Miles on a new folding chair of shining chromium tubes , Charles on a relegated wooden stool . |
| 12 | They were sitting on the terrace admiring the sunset when Monsieur Gauthier announced with distaste that ‘ that flic ’ was in reception and had requested a word with Melissa . |
| 13 | They were sitting on the bed in Greg 's second-floor flat in Gloucester . |
| 14 | They were sitting in the room that overlooked the pool . |
| 15 | They were sitting in the front line of chairs . |
| 16 | They were sitting in the study at home , toasting by the fire before going in to dinner . |
| 17 | And if they were together in Hampton Wick , if they were sitting in the front room of his home in south-west London , then Holly 's company Fiesta would be in the road outside , and the clothes would be smart on his back , and the whisky and water in his hand , and the confidence in his talk . |
| 18 | It was Tuesday lunchtime , and they were sitting in the restaurant at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in the Mall ; Ginny often ate there when she had had enough of the food and the company in the canteen of the British Council . |
| 19 | They were sitting in the Kardomah Café waiting to pick up paint and turpentine ordered by the stage designer from Haggerty 's warehouse in Seel Street . |
| 20 | They were sitting in the restaurant at the Windrush . |
| 21 | ‘ Are you afraid of the dark , Bobbie ? ’ asked Jim , when they were sitting in the darkness . |
| 22 | They were sitting in the garden at the back of Jotan 's house . |
| 23 | They were sitting in the kitchen over a cup of tea . |
| 24 | They were sitting in the cabin of the dahabeeyah . |
| 25 | They were sitting in the shade of the cook 's galley . |
| 26 | They were sitting in the Direktor 's music room , overlooking the mountains . |
| 27 | They were sitting in the firelight , the candles making little red tongues of flame in the dark corners of the room . |
| 28 | And we had to go and do the washing up and they were sitting in the erm in the kitchen choosing their Christmas presents from the Argos catalogue oh that 's nice , ooh it 's five ninety nine Jenny I 'm serious . |
| 29 | Then , when the rice and meat were ready , Mina fetched some pots of river-water from the big copper container in the corner and everyone washed their hands where they were sitting round the fire . |
| 30 | A short time later they were sitting round the table . |