Example sentences of "sat for [art] [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat for a while holding the baby under my hands . |
| 2 | I sat for a while watching the scenery slide by , wild uninhabited stretches of green and autumn-blazing trees , grey rocks and blue lakes punctuated by tiny hamlets and lonely houses , all vivid in the afternoon sunshine , a panoramic impression of the vastness of Canada and the smallness of her population . |
| 3 | The friar sat for a while admiring the beauty of St John 's Chapel , comparing it to the grimness of St Erconwald 's . |
| 4 | Jenna pulled up in the small courtyard and sat for a moment looking at it . |
| 5 | It was a gabled Victorian house set behind a high red brick wall in the heart of the city and as Rachel drew on to the gravel forecourt she sat for a moment admiring the mass of copper beeches that surrounded the house . |
| 6 | She broke off and sat for a moment staring in the fire . |
| 7 | Before an important meeting he usually sat for an hour staring deep into the void , reminding himself of man 's place in the cosmos . |
| 8 | We sat for an hour wondering if any soup would be issued . |