Example sentences of "would sit at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd sit at the gate for ages in , in the hope that the road would be clear as well . |
| 2 | his beard and everything to a T. He 'd sit at the top of the table , have his stiff white serviette tucked into his waistcoat , and he 's lifted that carving knife and fork until — you sat there and you never said a word . |
| 3 | When young she admired Victoria de los Angeles and Jusi Bjoerling , but found their singing so moving that ‘ I 'd start to weep , the body can hardly stand it ’ , and so would sit at the back of the hall . |
| 4 | He would sit at the head of the long table , the various amounts were packed in white paper with the name of the recipient on each . |
| 5 | At that point in his life , he would sit at the door of a club when he was playing and he would glare at the people who came in . |
| 6 | It would sit at the foot of the sick-bed and , if it gazed at the patient , its eyes would magically absorb the malaise so the man had a renewed chance of life . |
| 7 | Their king is Aillen mac Midha , and in the past he would sit at the foot of the Palace ramparts , slender and blue-green , and with the chill faery blood of all the sidh in his veins . |
| 8 | While he talked to a girl , she would sit at the bar and talk to the nearest man . |
| 9 | During the session Sir John May , the inquiry chairman , announced that he would sit at the inquiry with three lay assessors , and that the government had agreed to the granting of immunity from prosecution to witnesses . |
| 10 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |
| 11 | If you were lucky enough to be invited for * Eight at Number Eight' , you would sit at the dining table under the inscrutable gaze of Duncan Grant 's tabby-cat ; this cat was painted at Charleston during the First World War , and bought by the Berkeleys many years later for £75 from the Lefevre Gallery . |
| 12 | She would sit at the piano and sing . |