Example sentences of "he sat in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat in a rocking chair that faced the door . |
| 2 | As he sat in a roaring solitary splendour twenty thousand feet over the turbulent , endless ocean wastes , he had no idea of the appropriateness of the poem he had just read . |
| 3 | And so while he sat in a German public library and the story of the murder in the park unfolded before him in the newspapers , a novel began to stir . |
| 4 | He sat in an old deck chair and the two girls sat on the ground , each leaning against one of his legs . |
| 5 | Lucas had been relieved of belt , tie , shoelaces , and everything in his pockets , and now he sat in the far corner on the mattress with his knees drawn up and his arms clasped around them , as if to present the smallest possible outer surface to the world . |
| 6 | From 1661 he sat in the Cavalier Parliament for Dorset , and was in opposition under both the administration of Edward Hyde , Earl of Clarendon [ q.v. ] and , after 1667 , the Cabal , in which his local rival , Anthony Ashley Cooper ( later first Earl of Shaftesbury , q.v. ) , held high office ; but his stalwart churchmanship brought him an honorary DCL from his old university in 1665 . |
| 7 | He sat in the low chair with his head bowed , looking for all the world like a genius deep in contemplation , though in fact he was fast asleep . |
| 8 | He sat in the broad circle of young journalists in Mother Bunch 's Wine House and , with the rest of them , sank glass after glass of red wine . |
| 9 | During the service he sat in the front pew and listened to the preacher talking about the kind of woman she had been , and he knew it was n't like that , but the doctor had given some pills and he felt drowsy and numb , and illogically cheerful , as if he was slightly drunk , but at the stage where everything seems enlarged and unfamiliar . |
| 10 | He sat in the back garden with it , obscured from the windows of the lounge ( where his parents and our father sat ) by the washing blowing in the breeze ; he lit the ‘ thrower and sprayed our two hutches with flame , incinerating all our beauties . |
| 11 | He sat in the drab office , aching . |
| 12 | But now it was all over and he sat in the big armchair as dawn lightened the front windows and gave thanks , with a cup of coffee , to the Child of Prague high on the opposite wall . |
| 13 | He sat in the restored Rump in 1659 , but never regained his earlier predominance in the county . |
| 14 | He sat in the 1835–7 Parliament as member for Harwich and assistant whip , losing his seat at the next general election . |