Example sentences of "and sat [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind her , strained and silent , was Emily , who took her cup and sat beside the wooden black boy . |
| 2 | and sat below the Sacred Heart . |
| 3 | ‘ Come and have a drink , ’ said Cormack , and they moved into the bar and sat at the fixed tables and watched the glasses slide from rim to rim . |
| 4 | The Frenchwoman who ran the hotel came in with a crowd of people and sat at the only other table . |
| 5 | They were all pretty well oiled by then so I went back and sat with the other children . |
| 6 | She rose , crossed the room and sat with the dark man on the floor . |
| 7 | He shut the door quickly behind him and came and sat on the small wooden chair in the corner . |
| 8 | At first she hovered in the farmyard , then she wandered over to the stables and sat on the outside steps up to Louis 's workroom . |
| 9 | She picked up her coffee and sat on the far end of the wide bunk , feet curled under her , watching him speculatively as she sipped her drink . |
| 10 | And then he went and sat on the blue dralon chair in the immaculate drawing-room , the bottle of scotch at his side , Rose 's dress draped carefully along the sofa as if she were in it and alive . |
| 11 | He worked slowly but efficiently for nearly two hours , fearing that , if he did not finish the work quickly , frost would make it impossible for him to continue ; then , tired and sweating , he went and sat on the front doorstep to rest . |
| 12 | He went out and sat on the top step of the staircase like a banished child waiting to be admitted . |
| 13 | She went in , and sat on the bottom step of the staircase . |
| 14 | Having come prepared with a warm coat , mackintosh , and umbrella , I braved the elements , and sat on the open stand to watch this enjoyable match , as did quite a few others . |
| 15 | Nor had the later overlapping visitation of hippies of the Sixties taken place , who had followed the gipsy processions , of which Alexander now told Frederica , and stayed and sung and smoked and loved and sat on the white beaches , so that the pale sand came to resemble road-dirt anywhere . |
| 16 | She went out into the small back garden , and sat on the tiled patio in a canvas chair , staring at nothing . |
| 17 | Robert Key , a teacher by profession , entered Parliament in 1983 and sat on the Select Committee on Education , Science and the Arts . |
| 18 | This morning the school party , including the wet member , having gone on well ahead , I crossed the beck and sat in the warm sun outside the gorge , simply looking . |
| 19 | Princess Margaret wore a pretty blue silk evening dress , and sat in the front row of the circle . |
| 20 | Entering the railway hotel he ordered a pot of coffee and sat in the main lounge with his back to the stairs . |
| 21 | In the old days , Grandma was usually propped up on an upright chair and sat in the open door to enjoy the street scene . |
| 22 | He slid down from the pill-box and sat in the high grass , halfway down the canal bank . |
| 23 | He survived the abolition of the county committee in 1650 , and sat in the Nominated Parliament of 1653 . |