Example sentences of "of [noun] sat [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 For example , three representatives from the Isle of Ely sat on the committee although only four short courses had been arranged in that Authority .
2 Each day 's performances began with a sacrifice and libations ; the priest of Dionysus sat in the centre front of the audience ; the image of the god , normally kept in the temple adjacent to the theatre , had been carried in procession and placed in the theatre ; in the centre of the orchestra was an altar .
3 Further down the street , at the former Panama Defence Force police station , five Panamanian prisoners of war sat on the steep steps , bordered by hibiscus bushes .
4 Generations of Morgans sat on the boards of General Motors , U.S. Steel , General Electric .
5 People sat at all the tables in the bar , and some tables , there was like two lots of people sat around the same table , sharing a table .
6 We all sat on one side of the table and the Secretary of State sat on the other .
7 Shildon had been rash to promise tranquillity : hundreds of tourists sat on the steps of the cathedral , hundreds more flowed in and out of the doors .
8 Lead bankers from Barclays , NatWest and Bank of America sat with the Heron board on stage during yesterday 's presentation and Barclays then chaired a private meeting of the other 80 banks .
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