Example sentences of "he sat [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When he came back he sat beside the litter of his meal on the table among the three children not quite knowing what to do with himself . |
2 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said as he sat to the table . |
3 | He sat to the left of the huge fireplace . |
4 | He sat opposite the Colonel . |
5 | He sat on the toilet , watching the spray , waiting for the water to warm up , sipping his drink . |
6 | Between the noise of the bloody guns and clouds of bloody mosquitoes buzzing around my head , all I 've had for my two hours is more mosquito lumps on my face , and I 'm more tired than ever. , Taff and I chatted while he sat on the floor of the trench smoking his cigarette . |
7 | Two or three boys stood round him as he sat on the floor nursing the side of his head where a lump was rising under his probing fingers . |
8 | More affectionate is his account of Minton who had , as he records , ‘ been brought along to my flat one evening by Keith Vaughan , where he sat on the floor with a drink in his hand , laughing a great deal and saying very little . |
9 | While I got us some bread and butter and milk he sat on the floor with his great head bent , staring at the carpet and tracing its patterns with his forefinger . |
10 | When I had nothing on at all he sat on the floor beside the bed with his cheek resting on one arm and watched my face while he caressed me . |
11 | Then he sat on the floor beside her , half turned towards her , leaning on one elbow . |
12 | He sat on the document for fully 12 months with no communication with our elected local councils . |
13 | He did a really intimate show where he sat on the edge of the stage with his ankles crossed and talked to them and sang them songs . |
14 | He sat on the edge of the bed with his usual cynical observations , but he kept looking out of the corner of his eye . |
15 | There was cake , satisfying and fruity , and he sat on the edge of the chesterfield in Isobel 's sitting-room and ate it appreciatively between gulps of strong , sweet tea from one of her best bone china teacups . |
16 | He sat on the edge of the bed and dialled his office number . |
17 | He sat on the edge of a chair , eager to be away . |
18 | He sat on the edge of the bed to take off his boots . |
19 | He sat on the edge talking to her . |
20 | He sat on the edge of the bed in his hotel room and waited for the phone to be answered . |
21 | He sat on the edge of the bed and felt for his slippers . |
22 | DeVore looked back at her from where he sat on the edge of her bed and smiled . |
23 | He sat on the edge of the gazebo , wrung out the sock and dried himself as best he could . |
24 | He sat on the edge of the bed and began to recite all he knew as if memorising some poem : ‘ Buckingham dies , the agents die , garrotted to death . ’ |
25 | He sat on the edge of the bed and stared up at me . |
26 | He sat on the edge of his bed tucking into the remains of a Pooley-provided Stilton that Amiss had insisted he finish . |
27 | He sat on the edge of her desk , watching as she tidied it without really thinking about what she was doing . |
28 | She shrank away in undisguised terror as he sat on the edge of the bed , reaching for her hand . |
29 | He goes he goes you ca n't go to sleep , and he sat on the edge of my bed for about quarter of an hour . |
30 | He sat on the stool beside me . |