Example sentences of "we sat [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat along the wall at the back of the shops . |
| 2 | ‘ We sat at the head table … . |
| 3 | We sat at the upstairs bar with two tall glasses of iced white Eger wine , for which I paid . |
| 4 | My Pete said , my Pete said do you mind that we sat at the table , I said yeah , that 's , that 's , that 's a |
| 5 | As we sat at the loch eating a cold lunch , deciding who could first pin the blame on the other for messing up the day , we heard voices from the cliffs surrounding the lochan . |
| 6 | We sat on a phone at Miami airport with a pile of quarters and a copy of the local Yellow Pages : ‘ Automobiles — Delivery and Drive-Away , ’ a couple of sheets of box ads and a user-friendly voice on the line . |
| 7 | We sat on a tree that had been felled and ate some very tasty ham sandwiches -one of the few picnics I have ever been to . |
| 8 | ‘ During the first walk we saw a weka , but the second time was much more exciting because we sat on a log and waited for a kiwi to return to its nest . ’ |
| 9 | We sat on a sofa beneath the doleful gaze of these trophies while Hasan plied us with drinks and an array of Egyptian delicacies which he brought simmering from the kitchen . |
| 10 | We sat on a park bench in Clifton , having revisited the streets where Moggach lived during her time in Bristol . |
| 11 | The journey there was uneventful and we sat on a seat in the Market Place to eat our sandwiches . |
| 12 | The water had to be drawn up out of one of a battery of long-necked cisterns behind the cottage , and when we had done that and fed the plants we sat on a seat by the Priapus arbour , with the unusual smell , in summer Greece , of verdant wet earth all around us . |
| 13 | He reminded me of this as we sat on the beach watching Ted and Carwyn having their hopes dashed on the Pipeline reef . |
| 14 | ‘ We sat on the sofa clinging on to one another until we stopped sobbing but I knew it was not over for her . ’ |
| 15 | We sat on the sofa with the arrow shaft between us at eye-level . |
| 16 | We sat on the hall floor , cross-legged , in our forms , with our form-mistress beside us , so as the Headmistress stood on the platform , she looked down upon a sea of faces , rows and rows of black-stockinged legs , and a long line of mistresses sitting on their chairs . |
| 17 | ‘ I closed the door and we sat on the bed . |
| 18 | We sat on the sand and waited for the placings to come over the Tannoy . |
| 19 | We 'd been drinking vin blanc and supping pork pies and and when we sat on the boat , sailor says , You 'll not there long , you know , we sat on the bow er on the from of the boat . |
| 20 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 21 | With his young assistant and a much-loved black cat we sat on the floor of his studio , sipped mint tea and listened to his words relating to the ancient science . |
| 22 | As we sat on the top , recovering from the steep walk and admiring the view down into the valley and out to the plains beyond , the boys produced a rather crushed packet of cigarettes and all four of them puffed away merrily . |
| 23 | That evening we sat on the train bound for Paris . |
| 24 | We sat on the bench and watched the sun come up above the eastern ridge and the mist clear like drifting smoke . |
| 25 | We sat on the bench looking out of the window that was the size of a very large letter-box . |
| 26 | Afterwards we sat on the palette , facing each other , sharing the obligatory cigarette . |
| 27 | We sat on the cloud covered summit , two Scots and three Germans , eating chocolate and sandwiches , the last party of the day , thinking apprehensively of the long way back but all happy to have reached the top . |
| 28 | While we sat on the plane waiting for the injured I noticed the dog . |
| 29 | We sat on the bank , dejected , wondering what we would have to do to find ‘ proper ’ trout fishing , such as we had been brought up with in our native land . |
| 30 | We 'd been drinking vin blanc and supping pork pies and and when we sat on the boat , sailor says , You 'll not there long , you know , we sat on the bow er on the from of the boat . |