Example sentences of "were sitting [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Wopsle and Joe were sitting with a stranger , a man I 'd never seen before . |
| 2 | We were sitting on a column base in the Hypostyle Hall reading when the first figure appeared . |
| 3 | The Baronessa was out in the garden now , a white cardigan slung over her shoulders , talking to a line of young Italians who were sitting on a wall in varying postures of exhaustion . |
| 4 | She sat up very straight on the side of the bed and continued to address him as if he were sitting on a mat in the Top Infants , wrestling with difficult , dangerous new concepts like add-ups and take-aways and the precise whereabouts of Australia . |
| 5 | The victims were sitting on a bench when one car hit the other , bounced off and ploughed into them at 80mph , it was alleged . |
| 6 | They were sitting on a bench waiting for the toilets and wanted Philippa to sit with them . |
| 7 | They were sitting on the bed in their night things , their hair long down their backs : Jill 's light brown , Jennifer 's almost black . |
| 8 | They were sitting on the bed in Greg 's second-floor flat in Gloucester . |
| 9 | Dominic , Barnabas , Samantha and Georgina were sitting on the kerb poking sticks through the drain cover . |
| 10 | ‘ Miss Hatherby says that she can write to the principal of her college when I 'm in the sixth form and see if they can give me a place , ’ Constance said casually when they were sitting on the lawn one afternoon . |
| 11 | MARJORIE and the children were sitting on the lawn cutting out paper lanterns . |
| 12 | Marcus and the redhead were sitting on the settee and seemed quite happy with the racket . |
| 13 | Nils had already opened up the engine compartment , which was directly below the deckhouse , and he and Iain were sitting on the floor with their legs dangling over the big diesel , going through a list of requirements he had produced . |
| 14 | ‘ We had temporary offices in Knightsbridge ; the furniture had n't been delivered ; we had one pen between the three of us ; and we were sitting on the floor . |
| 15 | Fred Van Dyke , a pioneer of the North Shore breaks , recalls a time in the late fifties when he and Pat Curren ( Tom Curren 's father ) were sitting on the beach at Banzai and Pat said , ‘ Maybe in two thousand years this place will be surfed . ’ |
| 16 | Kristin and Sabine were sitting on the beach . |
| 17 | Peter and Nick were sitting on the sofa sharing a bottle of whisky with Sara 's backgammon board between them . |
| 18 | I 'd walk up to the corner of Mill Street — a very scruffy street , and there was a gang of fellers standing on the corner and some of them were sitting on the pub sill and others standing around . |
| 19 | One Sunday afternoon , when Dana and I were sitting on the edge of the bed working over versions of various poems , the door , which we always left unlocked , suddenly burst open and a group of surly-looking students entered , led by a big bully who was not Spanish but Venezuelan . |
| 20 | But Charles and Elaine were sitting on the rug before the open wood fire in the drawing room . |
| 21 | Carla and Nick were sitting on the grass , languidly tossing Sara 's frisbee to and fro . |
| 22 | It was while they were sitting on the grass en famille watching the Highland dancing that Jean first noticed Berta . |
| 23 | Hodai and Jenjin were sitting on the grass . |
| 24 | Groups of students and teachers were sitting on the grass , chatting and laughing in the sun . |
| 25 | Well , the next thing right , the bus was flagged down right , as he was going past York Street Police Station , and , a policeman come out and says , hey you mu , he stopped the bus man , the police waved the bus down , like , me and Margot were sitting on the bus going to work like , and they went in the bus and said is Margot Mar Margot on the bus ? |
| 26 | They were sitting on the terrace outside her curved stables-cottage , watching the sun go down over Capability Brown 's vista , uninterrupted because of the ha-ha ( however did it get that name ? ) — and they were talking , over glasses of wine , about poetry . |
| 27 | They were sitting on the terrace admiring the sunset when Monsieur Gauthier announced with distaste that ‘ that flic ’ was in reception and had requested a word with Melissa . |
| 28 | Instead , several members of Bonard 's class , including Rose , Daphne and Eric , were already in the water ; others were sitting on the terrace making notes . |
| 29 | They were sitting on the bank opposite Steen 's house , Miles on a new folding chair of shining chromium tubes , Charles on a relegated wooden stool . |
| 30 | One morning they were sitting on the fence , waiting for the 9.15 , when Phyllis said , ‘ It 's going to London , where Father is . |