Example sentences of "be sitting [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | He has described how everyone present would be sitting at the bar or a small table , sipping drinks and engaged in quiet conversation . |
| 5 | Donna looked at him again , wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For the man at the centre of the police inquiry will be sitting on the committee that could decide their fate . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Another member of the group will be sitting on the chair with eyes closed and will point in the direction of the slightest sound . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It was wonderful that they should all be sitting round the table , laughing . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | you said that you 'd be sitting round the fire , but wh when you were when you were in your own house |
| 18 | we 'll be sitting in the playground for ages , well standing in the playground for ages . |
| 19 | Erm Friday , so we 'll all be sitting in the hall . |
| 20 | It 's extraordinary to be sitting in the middle and listening to the different sides of the argument . |
| 21 | so I 'll be sitting talking to Donna , cos Donna , Helen and Jenny be sitting in one group with Sarah , they 'll be chatting away and I 'll be sitting in the middle , sitting on |
| 22 | Yeah but you 'll be sitting in the chair wo n't you love ? |
| 23 | I would be sitting in the car looking out at the fascinating scenery , my mum and my brother would be doing the same , my sister would be looking at a book and my dad would be driving . |
| 24 | I could n't see many people ; most of the lights had been turned off , and we happened to be sitting in the patch of light thrown by one small lamp . |
| 25 | He had decided he would not be sitting in the front any longer . |
| 26 | I 'll only be sitting in the coffee shop till five past five anyway like so |
| 27 | would you be sitting around the fire ? |