Example sentences of "he sat [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fall seemed to bring Liam to his senses and he sat up on the road wondering where he was . |
| 2 | He sat up on the bench and pulled on the robe . |
| 3 | He sat up on the chair by the fire . |
| 4 | He sat up on the bed , and she saw him wince . |
| 5 | He sat up on the bed , turning away from her , running a hand through his hair . |
| 6 | He sat back in the armchair and watched the smoke drifting upwards from his pipe towards the gas lamp . |
| 7 | He sat back in the bed , pulling the sheets up around him . |
| 8 | He sat back in the chair . |
| 9 | He sat back in the taxi as it drove away . |
| 10 | He sat back in the wicker chair , and their eyes joined . |
| 11 | He sat back in the leather office chair and tapped his fingernails . |
| 12 | He sat back in the motor vehicle as the Doctor noticeably increased the speed of the journey . |
| 13 | ‘ Rachel Flint , ’ Damian murmured , eyes narrowed as he sat back in the white limousine , watching her . |
| 14 | He sat back from the microscope for a moment , then looked again . |
| 15 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 16 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 17 | There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire . |
| 18 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 19 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |
| 20 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 21 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 22 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 23 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
| 24 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 25 | He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper . |
| 26 | Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road . |
| 27 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 28 | He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands . |
| 29 | ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm . |
| 30 | He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food . |