Example sentences of "[adv] sat on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rainey believes he could n't make a corner at GP speed if he merely sat on the bike without pushing down — hard . |
| 2 | He merely sat on the only chair in my room , shook his head and told me to sleep , and that it would be best if we shared the same chamber that night . |
| 3 | He just sat on the chaise-longue . |
| 4 | She just sat on the stairs eating biscuit after biscuit until , just before midnight , the telephone rang and she heard the voice of the surgeon telling her that the operation was over , that it had been a complete success and that Paul was likely to make a rapid recovery It was after that call that Annette realised that she had steadily munched her way through two and a half packets of biscuits . |
| 5 | I was reluctant to go out again ; I just sat on the bed , trembling . |
| 6 | Then I just sat on the floor and wept for Granny , and for myself . |
| 7 | ‘ She just sat on my bed and she was talking . |
| 8 | He just sat on dripping , calling for more brandy . |
| 9 | Some people call it the nook but you just sat on the jam stones . |
| 10 | You 've still got the problem of addressing praise , because quite often you 've only , if you 've given somebody a specific task then it 's easy to praise or not to praise in that situation , but if they 've just come in , done their job and gone home , you know , just sat on a checkout for four hours , right it 's my time to leave , then , if they 've done nothing out of the blue , extraordinary , so they do n't do anything wrong , or , you know . |
| 11 | Did n't get u , dismount I just sat on the saddle like with my foot on the floor wandering what they was up to . |
| 12 | Daisy was mildly encouraged that Ricky deliberately sat on her right , on his non-scar side . |
| 13 | He is Deputy Prime Minister , but yesterday sat on the very edge of the platform group . |
| 14 | THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS ONE OF BERNARD 'S FAVOURITES AND ALWAYS SAT ON HIS DESK . |
| 15 | No king ever sat on a prouder throne than I that day . |
| 16 | In that regard as in others , we wonder what the policy of Labour Members would be if , heaven forbid , they ever sat on the Government Benches . |
| 17 | The old divorce laws which once sat on the statute books were viewed with contempt even by many of those who made their living from them . |
| 18 | His wife , reputedly to his fury , once sat on the bonnet of one and scratched its paintwork . |
| 19 | I once sat on a Labour-controlled council which went out to tender and would not accept the lowest tender because it did not come from a direct labour department . |
| 20 | He slid out of the saddle and gratefully sat on a bench that was shaded by a small chestnut tree . |
| 21 | The Sultan , the Kaiser and the Tsar still sat on their thrones . |
| 22 | Bull O'Malley closed the door and walked back into the kitchen where Peg still sat on the chair , holding the basket on her lap . |
| 23 | Sarah twisted away from the physician 's grasp and darted back inside the foundry to where Bill Yardley still sat on the trough . |
| 24 | Seb rode to where Noah Plunkett still sat on his sheepskin ‘ throne ’ , giving the impression he had remained in the same place since the wedding party began . |
| 25 | One and a half hours later , as he still sat on a high stool at the bar , he looked down and saw the fingers of a beautifully manicured hand against his left arm , and felt the ghost of a touch of the softest breast against his shoulder . |
| 26 | I advised the Camerons to ensure that both dogs always moved towards them to receive any affection , and preferably sat on command before receiving it . |
| 27 | In response to his instructions , the maid pulled up a chair for the little girl , and Artemis carefully sat on the edge of it , her legs still too short to reach the floor . |
| 28 | Women also sat on school boards ( which were responsible for state elementary schools prior to 1902 ) , and the first generation of such women — elected during the 1870s — was particularly active . |
| 29 | Sillari also sat on the CPSU politburo . |
| 30 | Peach , who often sat on the chestnut leaf table , marking it no more than if he had been a fluffy cushion or a nightdress-case cat , watched gravely from the basket in which he was wise enough to sit when at home on Sundays . |