Example sentences of "sat at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ashley sat at the other end of the sofa , well away from him . |
| 32 | About a week later , the family sat at the small table eating dinner . |
| 33 | Jack 's mother Lilly sat at the far end of the table opposite her husband . |
| 34 | They sat at the far end of the carriage , talking in hushed tones . |
| 35 | The Gnomes sat at the far table , eating and drinking happily , whiling away an amiable half hour by telling anyone who would listen the entire history of the Crown Jewels and the history of the Gallan forges . |
| 36 | Below , the prisoners sat at the far side of a rank of yellow-decked tables , with their little visitors — women , kids , the old — ranged opposite on kitchen chairs . |
| 37 | And then we sat at the far side of the Old Gate bridge and er an old lady came along and said , and she was counting them but she said , just look at that thing , she counted seven although , in actual fact , by then th these dra the seven drakes had stopped cha chasing the duck and they were all sitting down . |
| 38 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 39 | The Non-Proliferation Treaty , however , was the last occasion when the British sat at the top table to discuss nuclear questions with the superpowers . |
| 40 | Modigliani , of course , spotted her at once and came and sat at the next table . |
| 41 | The doctor sat at the open window of the hut , from which position , without ever moving , he examined the passengers . |
| 42 | I sat at the open window and looked out on to the purple dark . |
| 43 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 44 | Emily sat at the scrubbed table and the startled look on Letty 's face made her smile ruefully . |
| 45 | In the kitchen Mrs Blakey comforted her and Mr Blakey sat at the scrubbed table stirring sugar into a cup of tea . |
| 46 | The shepherd poured some wine from a tattered straw flask into four greasy tumblers and the men sat at the oil-cloth-covered table . |
| 47 | George sat at the white Formica table and smiled . |
| 48 | He and Bowyer sat at the high table , the Santerres and ourselves were treated as onlookers . |
| 49 | Sylvie , the cook , sat at the big kitchen table by the window , writing a list and shooing pigeons away . |
| 50 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |