Example sentences of "sat up [prep] [art] [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 | She turned and looked at him , then sat up with a gasp of dismay . |
| 18 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 19 | Marc murmured something and turned over , and Sarella sat up with a gasp of embarrassment . |
| 20 | Travis sat up with a shrug . |
| 21 | Fearon 's eyes opened fully and he sat up with a jerk , swore , rubbed his hand over his black curls and squinted at her . |
| 22 | The old man sat up with a jerk , slopping scotch over his hands which I noticed were shaking . |
| 23 | Iris sat up with a jerk . |
| 24 | Jenny sat up with a jerk . |
| 25 | Shelley sat up with a jerk . |
| 26 | Defries sat up with a groan . |
| 27 | ‘ Alexander said I ought to wear these , ’ she explained , bright-cheeked , as Lisa sat up with a start . |
| 28 | Then she remembered ; the car , the box , the head , she sat up with a start only to clatter back down again . |
| 29 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 30 | It sat up like a squirrel , its spruce brown back tinted chestnut in the sunlight , its belly cream-coloured . |