Example sentences of "[pron] sat [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat right at the front , my head tilted back as if for a nose-bleed , the stick of my sherbet lolly angled like a thermometer , in a quiet fever of excitement . |
| 2 | If I sat still and did not do anything then nothing else could happen that I might have to cope with . |
| 3 | I could n't see anything at first and Mister Johnny said , sit still and wait , and I sat still , and then the island sort of moved . |
| 4 | After she 'd left the room I sat still in bed for a while , thinking it really was n't so funny after all . |
| 5 | I sat still , sipping slowly and thinking hard . |
| 6 | He lavished our son with kisses and promises of a perfect life while I sat dull and unresponsive . |
| 7 | I sat snug in the tooled leather saddle , the reins lying easily in one hand . |
| 8 | I sat one night at Pinewood Studios with him right until make-up call the next day while he spoke about Errol Flynn the entire time . |
| 9 | I sat sweating and swearing on the sticky back seat . |
| 10 | I sat stupefied . |
| 11 | I sat late at the window , bland with rage , |
| 12 | I sat next to Pat Collins who is a very intelligent and delightful woman . |
| 13 | Last ti me I dined at Balliol I sat next to the Regius Professor of Chemistry , aged around 193 , who told me about his visit to Egypt before the war , probably the Boer War . |
| 14 | STRANGE SEAT MATES On one of my planning visits to Washington I sat next to a pleasant young lady on the plane out . |
| 15 | Mum sat at the end nearest the wall , then my two sisters , whilst I sat next to Dad , who took the outside seat ready for a quick get-away when it was time to take the collection . |
| 16 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |
| 17 | At tea I sat next to a gentleman in a wheelchair — there were two people shooting from wheelchairs that day . |
| 18 | I sat next to Changez when we started to eat . |
| 19 | I sat next to Grant at a private screening of Just Like a Woman . |
| 20 | I sat next to John Francome for 10 years and when he retired , I got his spot and Peter sat next to me . |
| 21 | Alex , Chris and I sat next to each other in our underpants , staring at the others : nudity revealed a lot of scarred , disfigured bodies , with missing fingers and toes , the marks of surgical operations , and huge tattoos . |
| 22 | I sat next to the aisle , but the seat next to me was empty . |
| 23 | In fact I sat next to her at a lunch in Abingdon a few years ago , and erm this image one got of her of not being a listener is totally untrue erm every time she turned to me it was to listen to what I had to say . |
| 24 | I sat unmoving , adding up all the factors over and over , getting the same answer , while Posi took us up into Highlight and on to the first Netline of our route . |
| 25 | I sat high by the bow like a proud salvaged mermaid as we entered the canal at Dochfour leading to Inverness . |
| 26 | I sat alone in the YMCA , |
| 27 | The result was that very soon indeed afterwards my father came with a very sad but kind face in to the room where I sat alone and told me he was sure I should not do that sort of thing again . |
| 28 | Nolan took Fiona , Lewis got drunker , Gareth vanished , the sponsor retrieved his lady : Erica and I sat alone . |
| 29 | I sat alone in a compartment , coming to terms with the fact that I was free at last and if I wanted to put my feet up on the opposite seat or take off my tie , no one in uniform had the right to bustle in and call me Airwoman in that well-known disapproving voice . |
| 30 | I sat alone in the canteen at college , I stopped drinking in pubs and chatty male bus conductors and shop assistants were met with blank stares . |