Example sentences of "sat [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now a shabby mischance had destroyed it , knocked down the precarious walls of my prison , I still sat on in the wreckage and kept my eyes closed , safe behind broken bars . |
| 2 | Jack sat down in the basket chair vacated by Alison , making it creak prodigiously , hauled himself up again , found a hard upright kitchen chair and sat on that . |
| 3 | Then he sat down in the saddle again and looked at Burun . |
| 4 | He sat down in the deck chair , loosened his collar and tie , then lay back and looked up into the dark coolness of the oak branches . |
| 5 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
| 6 | Mama wrapped the baby in a big blue flannel blanket and sat down in the kitchen armchair to nurse . |
| 7 | The Captain sat down in the Brigadier 's chair where the girl 's effects were neatly folded and labelled . |
| 8 | She sighed and sat down in the window seat . |
| 9 | With something less than her usual grace she sat down in the stern , then tensed as Michele lowered his lean body into the space beside her , his arm stretched casually along the back of the ornate black wooden seat . |
| 10 | Then she sat down in the middle of the court . |
| 11 | They fell into step together , and went down onto the path which followed the bank of the stream , Jehan laughed softly , and then he sat down in the middle of the carpet to eat the last of the sweet cakes . |
| 12 | One of the officers showed me into the aeroplane and himself sat down in the pilot 's seat . |
| 13 | The Marshal sat down in the gloom at the plush-covered table and faced the tearful woman across a bowl of plastic fruit . |
| 14 | They sat down in the road and , when the state police dragged them away , they threw jackrocks under the wheels of the ‘ scab ’ trucks ( a jackrock is a couple of sharpened nails welded together so that no matter which way they land , they always have a point sticking up in the air ) . |
| 15 | Tom sat down in the armchair , and lit his pipe . |
| 16 | She took the gun and sat down in the armchair at Urquhart 's head . |
| 17 | Lisa watched with irritation as he came into the room , pushed aside his coat and sat down in the armchair . |
| 18 | He sat down in the doorway and inspected his lacerated feet . |
| 19 | We sat down in the grass — in fact I think we stretched out — near the green and Greg said , even then , ‘ Pete , I 'm still nervous . ’ |
| 20 | An hour later , after scratching their arms and legs and staining their hands and mouths with juice , they sat down in the grass and passed a bottle of lemonade around . |
| 21 | Before we sat down in the restaurant Jamila took me aside and kissed me on the mouth . |
| 22 | She stopped on her journey , and sat down in the street under one of the sparse trees , to try to let the queasiness ebb away . |
| 23 | He took a sip of his own drink and sat down in the leather chair closest to the fireplace , looking into the authentic fake gas flames as he sipped his drink . |
| 24 | Yesterday , I incautiously sat down in the library in a chair just vacated by Colonel Fagg , and discovered later that the back of my entire uniform was covered in snuff . |
| 25 | He sat down in the living room into which she ushered him and observed , ‘ You 've taken down the decorations . ’ |
| 26 | Lee got up and picked up a piece of cross-stitch tapestry from the top of an old record-player and sat down in the rocking-chair , her back to the two young people . |
| 27 | Ten people sat down in the dining-room at ‘ The Hollies ’ after partaking of a well-chosen sherry — a good Machamudo , Henry thought — in the drawing-room . |
| 28 | Gentle accepted the wine , and sat down in the corner of the ill-sprung couch , where it was easiest to ignore the demands of the screen . |
| 29 | She sat down in the chair at the head of the cot and very carefully slid her forefinger into the baby 's hand . |
| 30 | He hesitated for a moment as to what to do ; then looking again at the woman at the table , who was now smiling at him , he sat down in the chair , and for the next ten minutes he listened to the banter between the two of them . |