Example sentences of "and sit on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was dressed in a white silk slip belonging to Faye and sitting on the dark wooden floor of the veranda , leaning her arms on a white wicker chair . |
| 2 | He shut the door quickly behind him and came and sat on the small wooden chair in the corner . |
| 3 | At first she hovered in the farmyard , then she wandered over to the stables and sat on the outside steps up to Louis 's workroom . |
| 4 | She picked up her coffee and sat on the far end of the wide bunk , feet curled under her , watching him speculatively as she sipped her drink . |
| 5 | And then he went and sat on the blue dralon chair in the immaculate drawing-room , the bottle of scotch at his side , Rose 's dress draped carefully along the sofa as if she were in it and alive . |
| 6 | He worked slowly but efficiently for nearly two hours , fearing that , if he did not finish the work quickly , frost would make it impossible for him to continue ; then , tired and sweating , he went and sat on the front doorstep to rest . |
| 7 | He went out and sat on the top step of the staircase like a banished child waiting to be admitted . |
| 8 | She went in , and sat on the bottom step of the staircase . |
| 9 | Having come prepared with a warm coat , mackintosh , and umbrella , I braved the elements , and sat on the open stand to watch this enjoyable match , as did quite a few others . |
| 10 | Nor had the later overlapping visitation of hippies of the Sixties taken place , who had followed the gipsy processions , of which Alexander now told Frederica , and stayed and sung and smoked and loved and sat on the white beaches , so that the pale sand came to resemble road-dirt anywhere . |
| 11 | She went out into the small back garden , and sat on the tiled patio in a canvas chair , staring at nothing . |
| 12 | Robert Key , a teacher by profession , entered Parliament in 1983 and sat on the Select Committee on Education , Science and the Arts . |