Example sentences of "sat [prep] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat like a small spruce viper , neatly coiled opposite him . |
| 2 | He sat with a small radar screen in front of him , writing up the small strips that are used by controllers all over the world , strips that have all the different aircraft information on them . |
| 3 | Two days later , she sat in a small bar , which was the latest haunt of the upwardly-mobile in Washington DC . |
| 4 | He crossed the corridor in two strides and sat in a small room that was used for counselling or small case conferences , leaving the door open and flipping impatiently through the file . |
| 5 | The apple sat on a small ledge jutting out from the wall . |
| 6 | He sat on a small stone bench opposite the priest 's house , half dozing , still relishing the memory of his meeting with de Craon . |
| 7 | In this way he has lived in Nazi Germany or sat beside a small girl in Vietnam who gazes into the distance with a fixed stare and cries into the silence with a monotonous , elemental shriek . |
| 8 | I followed the Sergeant out to the office ; we both sat at a small table , and after a very enjoyable supper of cheese rolls we played the chanters until 1 a.m. , pausing from time to time to drink a mug of tea . |
| 9 | They sat at a small table by the window . |
| 10 | An MP sat at a small table beside it . |