Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |
| 32 | Anne is sitting down at the piano , unfolding her spectacles , smoothing the music in front of her . |
| 33 | She was sitting down at the table ; he thought she really was looking very ill and wretched but his tender pride kept him silent . |
| 34 | You can usually count on finding old Bill Waddy sitting up at the bar here , and old Gareth Holmroyd hovering about somewhere . ’ |
| 35 | Sitting up at the bar was Ingrid and the little dancer — two pretty girls , just what he needed . |
| 36 | I sort of nodded into a half-sleep sitting up at the counter . |
| 37 | Hasan was sitting up at the table , eating a large slice of toast . |
| 38 | You 're supposed to be sitting up at the table . |
| 39 | ‘ If he was he would sit down at the negotiating table with us . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ Do sit down at the table , ’ she said to the rude young man . |
| 41 | If one did not sit down at the table there would be a gap , an empty space that would spoil the symmetry of the host 's table . |
| 42 | And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table . |
| 43 | To that representative of the religious élite who by his bland statement , ‘ How happy are those who will sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of God ! , ’ revealed that he counted on a reserved seat , our Lord told the parable of the Great Feast . |
| 44 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 45 | Can you sit up at the table then ? |
| 46 | Alice sat on at the end of the table , in the quiet kitchen . |
| 47 | Penelope sat down at the dressing table and tried to do something to her hair . |
| 48 | At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches . |
| 49 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 50 | I sat down at the keyboard blowing my mind with Puccini . |
| 51 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 52 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 53 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 54 | Before John could answer , she sat down at the child 's side , took out a lace handkerchief , and , with her free hand , dabbed at the run of the tears . |
| 55 | His Dad sat down at the kitchen table with the paper . |
| 56 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 57 | She slammed the boot down , with a cry of ‘ God Almighty ! ’ and ran indoors , where she sat down at the kitchen table and beat her fists against the wood , with anger , with frustration , with a sudden , desperate concern for Nick . |
| 58 | When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still . |
| 59 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 60 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |