Example sentences of "sit [prep] the [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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1 | I used to pull the blinds , turn out the lights and sit in the dark in terror , thinking , ‘ What am I going to do here ? |
2 | Sit on the floor in the library , look at the books from a child 's level — are they interesting , would you be tempted to take one home if you were a child ? |
3 | I go and sit on the bench in front of the Christmas tree and stare at it . |
4 | ‘ Orficer , ’ she said , ‘ I sit on the bench in Cisister . |
5 | A little fat nun had once cried in the heat of Egypt 's afternoon , in the accents of County Cork , that she wished she could take off her flesh and sit by the well in her bones . |
6 | Sit by the fountain in Cattolica |