Example sentences of "sat up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brown sat up off the sofa . |
| 2 | Rachel sat up as the announcement crackled over the tannoy . |
| 3 | No-one could be spared to get fresh cots , so these men from farthest Arran and the Rhondda Valley sat up for the rest of the night with a brown baby under each arm . |
| 4 | He let his hand wander a little , and got it petulantly pushed away as she heaved herself out of the clutches of the chesterfield 's upholstery , and sat up on the edge of it . |
| 5 | The fall seemed to bring Liam to his senses and he sat up on the road wondering where he was . |
| 6 | Bob sat up on the bed and gazed at her in astonishment . |
| 7 | He sat up on the bed , and she saw him wince . |
| 8 | He sat up on the bed , turning away from her , running a hand through his hair . |
| 9 | Hector , aware of the change , sat up on the bed , following the direction of his mistress 's altering gaze with his head cocking , in an air of puzzlement , from side to side . |
| 10 | She blinked at Shiona and half sat up on the bed . |
| 11 | He sat up on the bench and pulled on the robe . |
| 12 | After a while , wishing to support the undertaking , Finch sat up on the side of his bed and played something buoyant on his cello . |
| 13 | He sat up on the chair by the fire . |
| 14 | And the princess herself sat up at the window of the tower , watching . |
| 15 | They sat up at the front : Uncle Harry at one end ( when he was n't away at sea ) and Aunt Ann at the other , with her cousins Tristram , Jill , Nathan and Matthew in between . |
| 16 | I sat up at the counter and ordered Scotch on the rocks . |
| 17 | The tattooed man sat up in the middle of the lesson , his blankets draped like a toga and barely concealing ‘ Jane ’ and ‘ King Kong ’ on his chest . |
| 18 | All-night parties , Nina dancing in the nude , Modi stumbling into the sketching class very drunk , the weekly visits to the Gaieté Montparnasse , a small , bawdy music-hall where they sat up in the gallery , all paint a happy-go-lucky picture . |
| 19 | She sat up in the bed and pulled the covers up to her armpits in an attempt to recoup a little of her dignity . |
| 20 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 21 | She quickly sat up in the bed , the blanket wrapped round her . |
| 22 | And then Grainne sat up in the bed , and thought : in my position now , what would Dierdriu have done ? |
| 23 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
| 24 | Michael sat up in the chair , stunned . |