Example sentences of "she [was/were] sit [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lee was cold suddenly as if she were sitting in a seawind . |
| 2 | When , a little later on , as she was sitting beside the now sleeping child , she heard Liza come into the house , Harriet did not go downstairs but waited until her daughter stood in the doorway of the bedroom , wild-eyed and trembling . |
| 3 | She was sitting beside the Raeburn , knitting . |
| 4 | She was sitting at a table in the recreation room with her relatives round her . |
| 5 | She was sitting at a littered table with two noisy West Indians in colourful pullovers and a jaded , almost middle-aged fat lady with a fur coat . |
| 6 | Five minutes later she was sitting at a small table at the back of the dining-room , hidden from but within full hearing of the noisy bar . |
| 7 | She was sitting at the table with her chocolate cooling in the mug between her hands . |
| 8 | She was sitting at the mirror in her room , having excused herself from her cousins ' chatter minutes before . |
| 9 | When he entered , she was sitting at the big table . |
| 10 | She was sitting at the table , her fingers clasped beneath her chin . |
| 11 | And er very straight-faced in fact , and she was sitting at the back of the room , and I , I 'd just said to everybody , I said nobody here 's got a life purchased annuity , have they ? |
| 12 | She was sitting at the table with her back to me as I approached , concentrating on something in her hand . |
| 13 | At that precise time , she was sitting on a bench in the middle of the corridor , at a carefully calculated point that should be just out of sight from the security cameras at either side . |
| 14 | When he met Eileen Ryan she was sitting on a bank with a dazed look , her bicycle up-ended in a ditch . |
| 15 | She was sitting on a rug on the long narrow lawn which lay behind the house , with a pile of books and a baby . |
| 16 | She was sitting on a grassy bank , leaning forward a little , a cigarette between her fingers , and she was speaking . |
| 17 | She was sitting on a stool beside her mother 's chair and Julia laid her hand against Anne 's cheek . |
| 18 | She was sitting on a diagnostic bed in what was obviously a medlab of some kind . |
| 19 | In the picture , Miss Ray was wearing a very short skirt and she was sitting on a swing . |
| 20 | She was sitting on a gaily upholstered settee while Wycliffe and Lucy Lane had the two matching armchairs . |
| 21 | Otherwise it tends to make the whole picture , like , I went to er er one club once and there was a very nice portrait , not unlike this , there was a girl sitting on a stool , rather less clothes on than this girl has got and it was very nicely done except she was sitting on a painted stool and all the paint was chipped and that to me looked really tacky ! |
| 22 | She was sitting on a shooting stick . |
| 23 | But deep down she 'd known she was sitting on a plane bound for the Caribbean because she wanted to be . |
| 24 | One unfortunate woman who ran a discount shoe store was oblivious to the fact she was sitting on an old school goldmine . |
| 25 | She was sitting on the floor , surrounded by dogs and cats — when Christopher came in , and lay on the sofa , without a word — as he always did — and listened to the music with her . |
| 26 | She was sitting on the bed beside him , clutching his shoulders and looking almost frightened . |
| 27 | Unaware of his presence , she was sitting on the soft springy turf , leaning back against the ancient wall of the summer-house and gazing dreamily across the blue haze of the estuary . |
| 28 | The memories are probably combined due to the fact that she watched the SS Great Britain being towed into harbour while she was sitting on the loo . |
| 29 | She was sitting on the steps of the summerhouse . |
| 30 | She was sitting on the opposite side of the grate and Louise Carter thought fleetingly how proud Nora had always been of her daughter even when they had been dramatically at loggerheads and how pleased she would be if she could see her now , in her elegant black dress and silver jewellery . |