Example sentences of "sat [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next four years he sat as an engrossing clerk on a stool in the dusty office , so thick with dust that it entered the sunbeams ; and bent over crabbed writing in the books , or showed dull clients in to see his father , or sat the examinations , which he passed . |
| 2 | Lady Beatrice watched fearfully whilst Rachel sat like an innocent child waiting for a play to begin . |
| 3 | In his late teens , there were still signs of puppy fat , and his rounded face sat under an unruly head of hair trimmed to the current style , though not especially trendy , and he could be lost in a crowd as being just another boy on the block ; unassuming and unspecial . |
| 4 | The Doctor sat with an unreadable expression , which presumably meant his patience was n't being strained . |
| 5 | Once I sat with an American psychiatrist , a specialist in eating behaviour , and observed a hugely overweight couple ( quite unaware that we were watching them ) eating their restaurant breakfasts . |
| 6 | Two uniformed men sat inside an armour-glass fishbowl in the centre of the floor . |
| 7 | Without too much difficulty she put on fresh undies and a cotton shirt-waister , then sat in an easy chair by the open window to eat her lunch . |
| 8 | Water came from the taps and sat in an unnerving basin shape : the blue plastic failed to dematerialise from the world where I had been a grateful and temporary guest since the moment five years ago when I had vouchsafed in the sight of the God of men Ido . |
| 9 | Wycliffe sat in an old armchair which had been moulded to comfort through use ; his manner relaxed and conversational . |
| 10 | He sat in an old deck chair and the two girls sat on the ground , each leaning against one of his legs . |
| 11 | I sat in an open posture and avoided nervous mannerisms ( i.e. not with arms folded ) . |
| 12 | Fred would listen patiently until he could stand no more and then depart to the small back yard , where he sat on an upturned tea-chest and vowed that one day he would forget how efficient his kitchen hand was and just do away with her . |
| 13 | I sat on an upturned box , feeling the sweat beginning to trickle down my back . |
| 14 | Ruth sat on an upright bentwood chair in front of the wash stand in her bedroom , and stared at her reflection in the looking-glass . |
| 15 | Kelly Connor sat on an old garden bench in Dermot 's orchard thinking of her father and the past . |
| 16 | The banker sat at an enormous desk surrounded by acres of carpet , in a room hung with what looked like Dutch Old Masters , though I suppose they may have been reproductions . |