Example sentences of "i sat in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So with all this in mind , as I sat in a long queue of airmen for the preliminary examination , I was thankful . |
| 2 | I sat in a small easy chair , the stiff clothes seeking out the bruises and abrasions of the night , my hand throbbing with pain . |
| 3 | I sat in a thirteenth-century hall in Bruges in September 1988 and listened to Mrs Thatcher 's speech on the future of Europe . |
| 4 | Gandalf says as much at II , 99 , though he is laconic about it — ‘ I sat in a high place ( the great tree in Lothlórien ? ] , and I strove with the Dark Tower ’ — since Aragorn and the others he is addressing can have no idea what is being referred to . |
| 5 | Last Sunday I sat in a cold room with my daughter , the two of us reviling the malign fate which had robbed us of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , our weekly TV fix . |
| 6 | I could not understand his absence ; but suddenly , as I sat in the speeding train , a long way already from El Katara , I caught sight of his white burnous on the banks of the oued . |
| 7 | As I sat in the graceful room looking at Mrs Rumney , cool , poised , tranquil , with the little white creature resting on her knee I could n't help feeling how right and fitting the whole scene was . |
| 8 | I sat in the still shadows and listened to the water bubbling in a ditch beyond the wall . |
| 9 | I sat in the cool , shuttered room and watched the slightly bowed bald head behind the shining black harpsichord . |
| 10 | I sat in the front row of the balcony with tears rolling down my face and feeling nothing at all . |
| 11 | I sat in the front room . |
| 12 | As I sat in the hot taxi I could see Balvinder Singh haggling with one of the healers . |
| 13 | Tonight I sat in the tiny living room of a schoolmaster 's house in Mufakose , one of Salisbury 's African townships . |
| 14 | I sat in the penitential cafe |
| 15 | I sat in an open posture and avoided nervous mannerisms ( i.e. not with arms folded ) . |