Example sentences of "[noun prp] sit in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it would be a mistake to believe that from the beginning Baldwin exercised all the power and merely allowed MacDonald to sit in impotent glory in 10 Downing Street . |
| 2 | With the edge of the island visible on either side , Manhattan sits in murky river , an absurd chunk of metropolis looking like a Gothic spaceship working up to an explosive departure from the planet . |
| 3 | Andy sits in an ancient bulging armchair , its fake brown leather rubbed through to the fabric net underneath in places and burnished to a deep black shine on the arms ; he nurses his whisky and looks into the fire most of the time . |
| 4 | Johnny sits in a quiet corner of the pub with the Echo crossword and a rum and black . |
| 5 | And then he saw Creed sitting in the back of a black car parked on the Crumbles . |
| 6 | I thought he was working there , but when I opened the door I saw Neil sitting in the driver 's seat . |
| 7 | Somehow he could n't imagine people like Grimma and Dorcas sitting in holes , waiting for humans to take over . |
| 8 | She expects to find Minna and Becky sitting in a huff in the coffee lounge , keeping as great a distance as they can manage from their ridiculously costumed sisters and brother-in-law . |
| 9 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 10 | Juliet and David sat in squashy armchairs while Mrs Maybury fetched the tray of tea . |
| 11 | One Friday morning towards the end of the summer , Josh sat in the Guild Office , going through the wages list and making up the pay-packets to be doled out at the end of the day . |
| 12 | Sally and Edward sat in the very front row of the audience at the Fashion Show on canvas hospital-style chairs . |
| 13 | Bernice sat in the comer of the room writing in her diary . |
| 14 | Rodney drove , Veronica sat in the front . |
| 15 | Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined , crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage . |
| 16 | Putting the plates down , Bella sat in a chair and pulled Jinny towards her . |
| 17 | Galvone sat in a chair , wriggled his feet . |
| 18 | Roald Dahl sat in a garden shed with an array of pencils and erasers on a board across his knees . |
| 19 | Sergeant Warden sat in the hard-backed chair , notebook at the ready . |
| 20 | General Dmitry Vashinov sat in the curtain-darkened room , the only source of light a red lamp by the bed . |
| 21 | Eleanor sat in a chair . |
| 22 | A key figure in the world of high finance , Colebrooke sat in the Commons as MP for Arundel between 1754 and 1774 , and close links with Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles , first Duke of Newcastle [ q.v. ] , secured him a number of lucrative government contracts . |
| 23 | Maisie sat in the corner of the kitchen with one chocolate bar in her mouth , another in her right hand , another in her lap and a fourth beside her on the draining board , in case anything should happen to the other three . |
| 24 | At the Lock , Marie sat in a hollow in the sand-hills by the canal and waited for the magic to start ; she waited for everything to be made all right . |
| 25 | Maggie sits in Perry 's seat , not meeting my eyes , sweating . |
| 26 | When they reached the Lion d'Or , the first person they saw was Jack Hammond sitting in a corner of the terrace . |
| 27 | On the nine o'clock news she watched Alan sitting in bed , wearing striped pyjamas . |
| 28 | I found Miss Havisham and Estella sitting in the same room , with candles burning as usual . |
| 29 | Nigel sat in depressed silence for a while . |
| 30 | Rennie sat in the back of the car holding the pistol to Marita 's head and told her stepfather , Richard Loren to drive into the centre of Gloucester . |