Example sentences of "sit [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an abomination and the Government were advised by the counterparts of those who now sit in the officials ' Box not to introduce it . |
| 2 | Phillips has played in only four of Neath 's nine Heineken League matches so far this season but has been picked ahead of Andrew Thomas , who reacted by refusing to sit on the replacements ' bench . |
| 3 | Sitting in the Beans ' kitchen that sense began to come back to her ; not suddenly but slowly , a slow prickle of pity and curiosity , like life returning to a deadened limb . |
| 4 | When everyone is fit , I 'm usually the one sitting on the substitutes ' bench . |
| 5 | Everyone buggers off I mean you sit around the parents ' car and you have the lunch with your sort of so |
| 6 | Kelly sat in the jockeys ' stand at Sandown and gave a quiet laugh . |
| 7 | He sat in the visitors ' chair and looked at me broodingly . |
| 8 | Ten minutes later as she sat in the Ladies ' cloakroom , smelling-salts to her nose , Sophie joined her . |
| 9 | For two hours Richard and Joan sat in the potentates ' chairs on the pavement outside the registry office , watching the conveyor belt of marriages go by . |
| 10 | All day long , boys and girls sat on the buffaloes ' backs , lounging in expertly comfortable positions . |