Example sentences of "sat [prep] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat between them on the steps of the summer-house , their chins on her knees , warmed by the heat of their bodies . |
| 2 | I sat opposite him at the Christmas do and he spent ages talking to me . |
| 3 | She crossed the room and sat opposite him in the ratty old armchair . |
| 4 | As she sat down on the couch , Ben sat opposite her on the settle , his big body and large head topping the back of it while his short legs hardly touched the floor . |
| 5 | She watched as he sat opposite her on the worn old sofa and proceeded to pour the brandy into the glasses . |
| 6 | One lunchtime Minton , wearing what seemed to her a hideous sweater knitted for him by his mother , sat opposite her in the school restaurant . |
| 7 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |
| 8 | Charlotte sat opposite me on the sofa , like a little child with a serious , thoughtful face . |
| 9 | A fat unshaven man sat opposite us on the train eating guavas . |
| 10 | Now it sat behind her on the sideboard . |
| 11 | You came without warning and without asking my permission and sat with her at the back of the lecture theatre , exchanging glances and comments . |
| 12 | Her father had warned her it would be this way , his grey eyes unusually concerned as he sat with her in the club office . |
| 13 | Then she took him out to supper to celebrate , Philip and Pat joining in , and the evening became one of those when the participants have to pause , to say to themselves : Yes , this is me , it really is me Happiness sat with them at the table in the Seashell Fish'n'Chips ; they could not stop smiling , or Jim from laughing and sighing . |
| 14 | ‘ Actually you wanted Quinn , ’ snapped Odell at Lee Alexander and David Weintraub , who sat with them in the Situation Room . |
| 15 | But instead of panicking , he proposed to his girlfriend , who sat with him throughout the ordeal . |
| 16 | His eldest son , John Fowler Leece , sat with him in the House of Commons from 1906 . |
| 17 | I sat with him in the canteen before a programme and watched him eat his way steadily through eight Eccles cakes with a glass of milk . |
| 18 | I sat with him in the canteen before a programme and watched him eat his way steadily through eight Eccles cakes with a glass of milk . |
| 19 | He sat with me on the grass verge and with unsteady hands rolled a cigarette . |
| 20 | He sat on it with the two little girls and gave them a big smile . |
| 21 | His pain , a round , red , throbbing presence , sat beside him at the window enjoying the spectacle . |
| 22 | Later the black girl came and sat beside him on the sofa . |
| 23 | He turned to Blanche , who sat beside him on the settle , his face grave . |
| 24 | His mother sat beside him in the dock holding his hand throughout the short hearing . |
| 25 | He sat beside me on the wheelbarrow , smoking a cigarette and reading . |
| 26 | Maria sat beside them at the table . |
| 27 | He came and sat beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 28 | Antonietta sat beside her on the settee and explained that a doctor would be along soon . |
| 29 | Myeloski , hands and lips greased with hamburger oil , sat beside her on the sacking that covered the floor and tried to comfort her . |
| 30 | Then , closing the doors firmly behind him , turning the great key , he went across to her and sat beside her on the bed , drawing her close . |