Example sentences of "sit [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last pitch was a real sting in the tail , but the perplexing moves up a short crack in a wall soon succumbed to brute force and determination and I swung exultantly over a final bulge on the monstrous , weathered holds to sit satiated on the plateau , soaking up the sun until Alec pulled over , grinning with triumph . |
| 2 | Well I mean the motion actually has been moved , I do take the point , I mean it 's a fair point , but erm not sure where John 's sat sat at the back , yes |
| 3 | Many is the time I 've taken good fish , working the vane out across the wind by continuous adjustments to the line , holding back on the float etc. when others have sat waiting for the wind to swing around a couple of degrees . |
| 4 | I sit shivering in the armchair in this first-floor flat in Deptford , and I feel I 'm still trapped in a cupboard , listening for strange noises , till I realize they are the last images of the dream , slipping away like ghost bodies melting on the floor . |
| 5 | He did n't want to sit gossiping in the kitchen with that old slob of a cousin . |
| 6 | They sit staring into the sun and telling each other stories . |
| 7 | They sit staring at the sunlight reflected off the monotonous river . |
| 8 | Helicopter pads and accommodation quarters sit abandoned on the platform . |
| 9 | This is where the couple often sit to chat about the day 's events and plan . |
| 10 | It sees society , not as a pyramid in which the State sits crowned upon the summit , but as a system of co-operating interests through which , and in which , the individual finds his scheme of values . |
| 11 | Take sentries — they sit squinting into the dark , waiting to see something move , and naturally their eyes droop . |
| 12 | then you 've got more room to get round If you sit glued to the pavement it 's a hell of a job to get round |
| 13 | The night landlady 's better half sits scowling in the hallway . |
| 14 | And during daylight hours Jean-Claude told me he used to sit concealed in the hollow in front of the cave . |
| 15 | Still , we reached the end in a while , and I stood up and tugged him back until he was sitting wedged in the corner , supported by the rear and side walls . |
| 16 | Aggie , sitting looking into the fire , nodded as she thought : And aye , Mama took the only step left to her , and look where it 's got her . |
| 17 | Sitting looking at the array of functions before me , now that I have fax credibility ( but what is " Polling RX " ? |
| 18 | Marie , still in her pyjamas , was sitting slumped at the table that took up most of the floor space : you had to squeeze round it to move about at all in the tiny kitchen , and Marie 's legs had permanent bruises from its sharp comers . |
| 19 | She could picture him so clearly , sitting waiting at the airport , that she ground her teeth at one point , made spitting noises . |
| 20 | They joined a group of women sitting talking on the bank . |
| 21 | I was sitting talking to the skipper in his cabin when we heard the wheel go hard over . |
| 22 | One of the things the kid 's got to do learn his language sentence and in the context he can figure out what the sentence has to mean , like radical interpretation kid , the kid is sitting playing on the floor , a rabbit 's bounced by and the mother goes . |
| 23 | While all the other kids were pulling on their coats , the teacher found Harry sitting sobbing in the cloakroom . |
| 24 | Pitt remembers that as a little boy attending church he 'd sit cowering in the pew , afraid the preacher would ask him to come up and give the benediction . |
| 25 | corinder and no more except on occasions with great the bowl never wanted washing , the boys polished , polished them with their spoons till they shone again and when they , when they had to form this operation , which never took very long , the bowl , they would sit staring at the copper with such eager eyes as if they could of devoured a of which it was composed . |
| 26 | Occasionally too she would simply sit crouched on the sofa and weep silently , her hands pressed to her cheeks . |
| 27 | And it takes nerve to walk and sit to order in the glare of the lights with all those people watching . |
| 28 | She spoke to the prince , she even looked at the prince , but what she said was addressed to the man who sat withdrawn at the prince 's elbow . |
| 29 | Donna ordered brandy from the steward and sat gazing at the window of the train . |
| 30 | On the heels of fellow passengers we crossed the tarmac to a lava-strewn field where women sat crosslegged on the ground before their arrays of wooden carvings and shell jewellery : these were the airport shops . |