Example sentences of "sat [art] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stretched out on the pavement lay the huge Godzilla , apparently lifeless , while astride his chest sat the victorious shaven King Kong . |
| 2 | Behind the large mahogany desk sat a tall youngish man with black hair smoothed severely back above regular features , horn-rimmed glasses hiding dark eyes and heavy brows , and an unsmiling face . |
| 3 | At the table sat a young Cistercian monk , and at either elbow sat Lucier and Gabriel watching him copy one page of writing from another . |
| 4 | In the gardens of a Buddhist temple somewhere in the Far East sat a contented looking rhesus monkey . |
| 5 | Between us and the stairs was the desk , and behind it sat a fiftyish thin man with a lined but peaceful face . |
| 6 | Further back sat a heavy wooden table , and on it she found a note from the building 's owner , informing her that provisions had been left in the fridge , that there was an ample supply of coal and logs in the shed outside , and wishing her ‘ good snow and happy skiing ’ . |
| 7 | Behind the table sat a large three-piece tweed suit . |
| 8 | Right on top of the pile sat a handsome young woman . |
| 9 | Several storeys below , in a cage in the research and development department , sat an unhappy looking rhesus monkey . |
| 10 | On the principal camel sat an irascible Muslim judge . |