Example sentences of "sit [coord] [vb past] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stuck the candle upright in a socket then sat and gazed at the flame , letting it mesmerize him into memory . |
| 2 | In dark glasses , white dress , gold chain , she sat and looked at the sky . |
| 3 | He sat and stared at the desk in front of him , the creamy whorls in the wood , the tanned grain . |
| 4 | I sat and stared at the paper in front of me and tried to blank out the present and get back into my story — forward , that is , into my invented future , and out of the world of queries and vague apprehensions . |
| 5 | Alexandra sat and stared at the paper in silence . |
| 6 | She sat and stared at the view , while he opened the trunk and lifted out the sheet , complete with its light-brown rose of blood . |
| 7 | There had been a week when she 'd paced the studio humming or sat and gawped at the tapestry she 'd created . |