Example sentences of "be sitting [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Romanshorn , Arbon , on another headland , seems to be sitting beside the lake with its big toe dipped cautiously into the water . |
| 2 | We 've got Gerry Addams who er wanted earlier in the week if we were to believe what seemed now like to be sitting at a table discussing peace , there he is carrying a bomber 's coffin . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | Stella I 've mentioned ; Stella I was her full title , she would be sitting at the bar , and then later , Stella II would be sitting there beside her . |
| 5 | He has described how everyone present would be sitting at the bar or a small table , sipping drinks and engaged in quiet conversation . |
| 6 | Donna looked at him again , wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man . |
| 7 | It would be sitting at the pictures if I could have the money to do it fill time . |
| 8 | ‘ Naah , I say rush it ! ’ laughs Bryan ; ‘ I 'd rather be sitting on a beach any day … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You should n't be sitting on a breakthrough as big as this . ’ |
| 10 | And she 'd be sitting on the edge of her chair with a smile stitched to her face as she willed the rest of the party to get a move-on so she could go and make sure Camille was home and safe . |
| 11 | For the man at the centre of the police inquiry will be sitting on the committee that could decide their fate . |
| 12 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 13 | Another member of the group will be sitting on the chair with eyes closed and will point in the direction of the slightest sound . |
| 14 | As we all know , it is a matter of only a few weeks before the joyous day when the boot will be on the other foot and the right hon. Gentleman will be sitting on the Opposition Front Bench making speeches on timetable motions . |
| 15 | and it was like standing , and you 'd be sitting on the steps |
| 16 | It also created a circulating draught which could be faintly felt all around the fireplace area , coming to its peak on the back of the neck of the person unwise enough to be sitting on the right of the grate . |
| 17 | the effect was to be sitting on the bench … when leee scored everyone ( Wilko and co ) were looking into our box at the TV for a replay . |
| 18 | When the campaign is broadcast everyone will be sitting with a council tax bill in their hand therefore the issue is very immediate . |
| 19 | Rachel sounds as if she 'll be sitting with a shawl around her shoulders when she 's 60 . |
| 20 | In some schools you will be asked to participate with other students in basic class work over a weekend ( as happens at the Bristol Old Vic drama school ) and in some you may find yourself being judged partly by senior students of the school who will be sitting with the faculty panel ( which is something that happens at Drama Centre ) . |
| 21 | She had just bought ( in anticipation of her legacy ) a new Sony portable ( ‘ I 'll be sitting about a lot when I get very big ’ . |
| 22 | He was , understandably , taking us for a couple whose holiday idyll he had interrupted , though why we should be sitting by the fire at that hour , with me in a not very elegant dressing-gown and Ewen in stained jeans and a guernsey it would be hard to imagine . |
| 23 | It was wonderful that they should all be sitting round the table , laughing . |
| 24 | My mother would probably be the nearest one to it er sat at the corner near the fire and all the kids would be sitting round the table doing something you know . |
| 25 | you said that you 'd be sitting round the fire , but wh when you were when you were in your own house |
| 26 | He would , he says , much prefer to have hands on the business , rather than be sitting behind a desk . |
| 27 | Now , I 'd rather be sitting in a car than standing on a crowded platform , but there was n't much in the way of light relief on the radio . |
| 28 | Sometimes we 'll all be sitting in a circle on the floor , but not always . |
| 29 | He may be sitting in a hospital bed somewhere in Italy at this very moment , wondering who he is and why he knows all these long words like hermeneutics . ’ |
| 30 | Like all the other young men I had imagined that after a few brisk preliminaries I would be sitting in an aeroplane , learning to fly , but it turned out that this was so far in the future that it was hardly mentioned . |