Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] sitting " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three hours I was sitting in a dressing gown . |
| 2 | Yeah , but they would n't pay me for the hour I was sitting there doing nothing you see |
| 3 | ‘ Ihre Kameraden , ’ said a soldier who was sitting by the window . |
| 4 | She glanced sideways at Nevil who was sitting entranced . |
| 5 | In one of the pictures she 's sitting on a lady 's knee . |
| 6 | One of the crooks was picked up half-a-mile away and he led them to the tot who was sitting unhurt on a pedestrian walkway . |
| 7 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 8 | you know we do n't get a good deal with Dave because we 're paying hundred percent overheads on the seat he 's sitting |
| 9 | The window I am sitting beside overlooks the back garden , where there is a perpetually erected bonfire , old cuttings , window sashes and a few wardrobe doors . |
| 10 | ‘ To witch a mother 's face as they 're read back to her , even though she 's read them for herself … the parent I was sitting with was shaking her head and crying . |
| 11 | One afternoon after tennis I was sitting on a drawing-room sofa at Bemersyde when Dawyck 's dog , a long black cocker spaniel called Wasp , came and nuzzled up against me in the most friendly manner . |
| 12 | Then he went round to the back and told the Brownie Guider who was sitting on a bench inside with the Brownies . |
| 13 | hon. Friend the Member for Hexham ( Mr. Amos ) immediately in front of me , I should have welcomed equally the presence of the attractive blonde lady who was sitting in front of me last week , but she obviously has other things to do this week . |
| 14 | ‘ Hello , ’ I said to the Puerto Rican child who was sitting on the lap of the woman beside me . |
| 15 | She was a bit troublesome to me to begin with but I soon cottoned on to the fact that it was n't her but the girl she was sitting next to within the class . |
| 16 | But there were other moments when her guard was down , and she would see again her office at Woodline Design and wonder who was sitting at her desk now . |
| 17 | Frankie had left home and was now living in lodgings in a little backstreet near the pub they were sitting in . |
| 18 | Lisa you 're sitting there . |
| 19 | ‘ As in , ‘ look who 's sitting in my chair ’ ? ’ she echoed shakily , remembering the way Guy had reacted that unforgettable night in St Lucia . |
| 20 | Dalziel sighed and looked over at Pascoe who was sitting quietly in the furthermost comer of the room . |
| 21 | Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry darling I 'm sitting down and I 'm comfortable . |
| 23 | By Manchester Monday I 'm sitting in Dry surprised to discover that that was only their second gig , and there are only five of them — Tony , Phil and Richard , who are mostly responsible for the music , guitarist Paul , and vocalist Theresa — when live it sounds like at least 20 keyboards going down at once . |
| 24 | In the midst of this complex grey order the room I am sitting in is falling away into chaos and night . |
| 25 | and you absolutely no knew nothing about producing plain bearings you were sitting in the chair and probably a guy that worked his way through the factory floor who knew the job inside out , he was still |
| 26 | A survivor has told investigators she was sitting next to a British woman who was killed . |
| 27 | The Baronessa was out in the garden now , a white cardigan slung over her shoulders , talking to a line of young Italians who were sitting on a wall in varying postures of exhaustion . |
| 28 | He was a Lebanese Muslim and he had been given the gun by the Palestinians who were sitting on the side of the broken street , sipping their own glasses of tea . |
| 29 | One moment we were sitting in a packed meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party , hearts aflutter , waiting for the results . |
| 30 | For the moment they were sitting and waiting . |