Example sentences of "he sat [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He of course was the man of the match on th Saturday , he sat here for the interview clutching the bottle of champagne that the club patrons had awarded to him for his performance . |
| 2 | He sat broodingly beside the fire while I made some coffee . |
| 3 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 4 | Then pushing the older man from him , he sat forward in the chair . |
| 5 | He sat carefully on a stool by the bed . |
| 6 | Fearon 's eyes opened fully and he sat up with a jerk , swore , rubbed his hand over his black curls and squinted at her . |
| 7 | He sat up on the bed , and she saw him wince . |
| 8 | He sat up on the bed , turning away from her , running a hand through his hair . |
| 9 | The fall seemed to bring Liam to his senses and he sat up on the road wondering where he was . |
| 10 | He sat up on the bench and pulled on the robe . |
| 11 | He sat up on the chair by the fire . |
| 12 | He sat up like a shot and his face was right over mine , blazing . |
| 13 | He sat silently for a minute and then he got up and walked out . |
| 14 | He sat quietly for a while , staring into space , and then abruptly shut the album and stood up . |
| 15 | He sat upright on the sofa and watched the whole film . |
| 16 | ‘ He sent him back to the pub ; he sat there for a while , and when he came back he 'd got the front shoes on . |
| 17 | His garments were of the forest and he seemed a part of it as he sat there on a tree-stump , small , compact , a broken shape of browns , fawns , russets and greens . |
| 18 | You and the bloody telly , he sat there with the ashtray in his hand and all bloody ash is falling out the bottom ! |
| 19 | He sat back in the wicker chair , and their eyes joined . |
| 20 | He sat back in the armchair and watched the smoke drifting upwards from his pipe towards the gas lamp . |
| 21 | He sat back in the taxi as it drove away . |
| 22 | He sat back in the bed , pulling the sheets up around him . |
| 23 | He sat back in the motor vehicle as the Doctor noticeably increased the speed of the journey . |
| 24 | He sat back in the leather office chair and tapped his fingernails . |
| 25 | He sat back in the chair . |
| 26 | He sat back from the microscope for a moment , then looked again . |
| 27 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 28 | She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him . |
| 29 | Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him . |
| 30 | He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet . |