Example sentences of "sitting at the other [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He derived some comfort from Rajiv 's habitual elegance ; wearing a suit , shirt and tie that must have cost two months of his salary as an Assistant Under-Secretary of State , he was sitting at the other side of the large , uncompromising desk that the Department provides for its most senior officials , not a hair out of place and his black eyes alive with amusement . |
2 | Laura was ironing at the kitchen table , John sitting at the other end of the table with a bottle and glass in front of him . |
3 | Jackson have long stood for high quality American instruments , with their Japanese- and Korean-made Charvel counterparts sitting at the other end of the corporate see-saw . |
4 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |
5 | The block of paranoia sitting at the other end of the table minutely shifted shape . |