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Example sentences of "and sat [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1	In one she was dressed in a leotard , black tights and high heels — and sat astride a rocking horse .
2	The bartender , squat and ugly with one white eye , wore an apron and soiled shirt and sat at a high stool reading a newspaper .
3	Back home safely , I made a cuppa and sat for a good hour revelling in my favourite magazine .
4	Alice went to a cafe in Finchley Road , and sat for a long time quietly by herself over strong coffee .
5	She showered and shampooed her short dark hair , combing it into its neat bob , then she made toast and coffee and sat for a few minutes before her kitchen window which enjoyed the same view as her bedroom .
6	On her way back she was in such a state of euphoria that , in order to collect her thoughts , she pulled into the service road opposite the antique shop and sat for a few minutes .
7	I felt a sense of achievement , but vertigo too , and sat on a great red dais in the middle of the gallery and tried to keep my eyes open .
8	They ordered gins , and sat on a wooden bench before a wooden table , while Karen admired the place .
9	We moved back to the strip of shingle and sat on a large baulk of timber that had been dragged up away from the water .
10	The uncomfortable feeling she 'd had earlier on had come back again and sat like a solid lead ball in her chest .
11	It must have been up there for years , it weighed at least 14 carats and sat like a throbbing lime fruit pastille on the back of my unmoving hand .
12	Dishes of dainty ‘ amuse gueule ’ teased us into our first course of whole baby Brittany lobster , seascented and sat upon a diminutive salad of oil-tossed green leaves — simple you might think — splendid simplicity in fact .
13	He crossed the corridor in two strides and sat in a small room that was used for counselling or small case conferences , leaving the door open and flipping impatiently through the file .