Example sentences of "he sat [prep] the [noun] " 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 | He sat astride the Lock gates and began to pull himself out along the top of them . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said as he sat to the table . |
| 4 | He sat to the left of the huge fireplace . |
| 5 | He sat opposite the Colonel . |
| 6 | He sat on the toilet , watching the spray , waiting for the water to warm up , sipping his drink . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Then he sat on the floor beside her , half turned towards her , leaning on one elbow . |
| 13 | He sat on the document for fully 12 months with no communication with our elected local councils . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He sat on the edge of the bed with his usual cynical observations , but he kept looking out of the corner of his eye . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He sat on the edge of the bed and dialled his office number . |
| 18 | He sat on the edge of a chair , eager to be away . |
| 19 | He sat on the edge of the bed to take off his boots . |
| 20 | He sat on the edge talking to her . |
| 21 | He sat on the edge of the bed in his hotel room and waited for the phone to be answered . |
| 22 | He sat on the edge of the bed and felt for his slippers . |
| 23 | DeVore looked back at her from where he sat on the edge of her bed and smiled . |
| 24 | He sat on the edge of the gazebo , wrung out the sock and dried himself as best he could . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | He sat on the edge of the bed and stared up at me . |
| 27 | He sat on the edge of his bed tucking into the remains of a Pooley-provided Stilton that Amiss had insisted he finish . |
| 28 | He sat on the edge of her desk , watching as she tidied it without really thinking about what she was doing . |
| 29 | She shrank away in undisguised terror as he sat on the edge of the bed , reaching for her hand . |
| 30 | 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 . |