Example sentences of "sit at the [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one person has in their mind the whole range of the project from initial conception through data analysis and system design to sitting at the computer and typing the program lines into the computer , it 's not only more efficient : the person is creating in freedom like an artist and is involved in the act of creation at a deeper level and as a result enjoys the whole thing . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll be sitting at the back and I do n't want anybody showing up the firm , asking questions , telling tales , you get my meaning ? ’ |
| 3 | So far he had attended Mass at St Basil 's only once , sitting at the back and hurrying out after the service before anyone could speak to him . |
| 4 | Madeleine was sitting at the red and black wicker table in the little conservatory at the back of the house , pinning a paper pattern on to the green and blue paisley material she had spread out in front of her . |
| 5 | He was sitting at the table and staring ahead of him with a dark , brooding expression . |
| 6 | Amid these cliches , sly slanders and unavoidable realities , Ann Jones sits at the net and ponders . |
| 7 | Amid these cliches , sly slanders and unavoidable realities , Ann Jones sits at the net and ponders . |
| 8 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 9 | A London grandmother was particularly troublesome because of her drinking sprees , but her granddaughter was expected to clean her front doorsteps every Saturday : ‘ the old bugger used to sit at the window and watch me clean 'em . |
| 10 | Hyperactive and overactive young children often can not concentrate long enough to sit at the table and so teaching this is a very important part of learning to control them generally . |
| 11 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
| 12 | Before I go to the supermarket , I usually stop off for a drink ; I sit at the bar and watch the real world go by . |
| 13 | come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away |
| 14 | So rather than sit at the counter and do it they they have rooms which you can go to and erm get interviewed |
| 15 | As well as speaking three languages , Danielle could listen to a tune , then sit at the piano and play it note perfect . |
| 16 | The girls said it was the room with the round window that faced down the town and that Eve could sit at the window and watch everyone and where they went and who they were with . |
| 17 | While he talked to a girl , she would sit at the bar and talk to the nearest man . |
| 18 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 19 | She would sit at the piano and sing . |
| 20 | I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers . |
| 21 | But no one has said that you can not sit at the table and talk to your family , even if you choose not to eat . |
| 22 | You can sit at the table and do them . |
| 23 | Do you want to go and get your aeroplane , cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand , and make aeroplanes with the other . |
| 24 | At dinner in the evenings , she and Stephen sat at the head and foot of the long dining table , with his mother between them , ignoring Tamar and monopolising her son 's attention . |
| 25 | Back in my room , I sat at the desk and considered . |
| 26 | Shelley sat at the desk and took the pile of cards Miguel dumped before her from the filing cabinet . |
| 27 | Lee had risen and moved to where he sat at the table and was showing him the completed unicorn 's head . |
| 28 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 29 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 30 | She sat at the table and counted what she had left . |