Example sentences of "be sitting [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's probably heating up the mince pies so we can have them hot when we 're sitting on the floor in front of the Christmas tree trying to guess what the wrapped up prezzies are . |
| 2 | It is not until we 're sitting on the floor dropping cheese on the carpet she tells me she is moving on . |
| 3 | I do n't like it when they 're sitting on the floor in front of the counter with their legs like that and they 're sitting there and you 're looking at the video and you think , well , I ca n't get that because that was made in nineteen-eighty-six and they might think I 'm a bit weedy , so I better get something that was made recently . |
| 4 | " They 're sitting on the wood and the wood floats , ca n't you see ? " said Blackberry . |
| 5 | " They 're sitting on the water ! |
| 6 | " Those papers are alright to read when you 're sitting on the toilet , but not for the financial news , " he once shouted . |
| 7 | ( They 're sitting at the corner of a teashop table , say . ) |
| 8 | ‘ WHEN YOU do comedy you 're not sitting at the grown-ups ’ table , you 're sitting at the children 's table . ’ |
| 9 | When they 're sitting in the middle of road there , I stop , I stop the car and I sometimes they 'll sit up and look at you |
| 10 | I thought it was like driving but you 're sitting in the car properly are n't you ? |
| 11 | We 're sitting in the train , knocking back gin , and I 'm continuing the same line of thought , aloud . |
| 12 | Like Romanshorn , Arbon , on another headland , seems to be sitting beside the lake with its big toe dipped cautiously into the water . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll be sitting at the back and I do n't want anybody showing up the firm , asking questions , telling tales , you get my meaning ? ’ |
| 14 | Stella I 've mentioned ; Stella I was her full title , she would be sitting at the bar , and then later , Stella II would be sitting there beside her . |
| 15 | He has described how everyone present would be sitting at the bar or a small table , sipping drinks and engaged in quiet conversation . |
| 16 | Donna looked at him again , wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man . |
| 17 | It would be sitting at the pictures if I could have the money to do it fill time . |
| 18 | And she 'd be sitting on the edge of her chair with a smile stitched to her face as she willed the rest of the party to get a move-on so she could go and make sure Camille was home and safe . |
| 19 | For the man at the centre of the police inquiry will be sitting on the committee that could decide their fate . |
| 20 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 21 | Another member of the group will be sitting on the chair with eyes closed and will point in the direction of the slightest sound . |
| 22 | As we all know , it is a matter of only a few weeks before the joyous day when the boot will be on the other foot and the right hon. Gentleman will be sitting on the Opposition Front Bench making speeches on timetable motions . |
| 23 | and it was like standing , and you 'd be sitting on the steps |
| 24 | It also created a circulating draught which could be faintly felt all around the fireplace area , coming to its peak on the back of the neck of the person unwise enough to be sitting on the right of the grate . |
| 25 | the effect was to be sitting on the bench … when leee scored everyone ( Wilko and co ) were looking into our box at the TV for a replay . |
| 26 | In some schools you will be asked to participate with other students in basic class work over a weekend ( as happens at the Bristol Old Vic drama school ) and in some you may find yourself being judged partly by senior students of the school who will be sitting with the faculty panel ( which is something that happens at Drama Centre ) . |
| 27 | He was , understandably , taking us for a couple whose holiday idyll he had interrupted , though why we should be sitting by the fire at that hour , with me in a not very elegant dressing-gown and Ewen in stained jeans and a guernsey it would be hard to imagine . |
| 28 | It was wonderful that they should all be sitting round the table , laughing . |
| 29 | My mother would probably be the nearest one to it er sat at the corner near the fire and all the kids would be sitting round the table doing something you know . |
| 30 | you said that you 'd be sitting round the fire , but wh when you were when you were in your own house |