Example sentences of "[noun prp] sat [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lewis-Ann sat under a huge umbrella , fully clothed , complaining bitterly about being too hot . |
| 2 | The Reichsführer sat at an oak table working his way through a mound of papers . |
| 3 | Gurder , Angalo and Pion sat under a bush . |
| 4 | Miss Hazelwood sat at a high centre desk , seemingly reading a book . |
| 5 | Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined , crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage . |
| 6 | Creed sat on a chair by the window , gloved hands in his lap , one wrist resting on the other . |
| 7 | Lij Yasu sat on a dais in front of the throne . |
| 8 | Mister Johnny sat on a stool , his cheek pressed into the cow 's smooth , swollen side as he milked her . |
| 9 | Putting the plates down , Bella sat in a chair and pulled Jinny towards her . |
| 10 | Galvone sat in a chair , wriggled his feet . |
| 11 | He 'd been shown to the interview room where Scott sat with a uniformed officer close by the door . |
| 12 | Richard sat on a bed and watched her for several dances before claiming her again . |
| 13 | Roald Dahl sat in a garden shed with an array of pencils and erasers on a board across his knees . |
| 14 | Eleanor sat in a chair . |
| 15 | Delia Sutherland sat on a bench , the river view blocked by a public lavatory . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Timekeepers waited in the heavy rain for the teams to pass , a doctor sat in his tent for potential patients and a journalist from the French daily sports paper L'Equipe sat with a telephone plastered to his ear filing a story to Paris . |
| 18 | FERGUS sat in a glass case resplendent in Limerick Green . |
| 19 | Carrefour sat on a low wall that stretched out from the side of a building , leaning his back against the building 's wall and tootling to himself on a child 's flute . |
| 20 | George Gardiner and Alfred Sherman sat in an anteroom ready at an instant to do her bidding . |
| 21 | Ruth sat on an upright bentwood chair in front of the wash stand in her bedroom , and stared at her reflection in the looking-glass . |
| 22 | Wallace Ellwood sat on a lip of rock above the path that led to Meer 's Point and waited for Tom Carey to appear . |
| 23 | As an invalid might , or a child , Wallace Ellwood sat in a chair by the window of his apartment and watched the traffic go by . |
| 24 | Mrs Wilson sat in an armchair opposite . |
| 25 | Mr Cooper was not present but Mr Croydon sat behind a huge desk , a bland smile on his face . |
| 26 | Then , Wigglesworth sat like a pensioner in the 50p front row seats , gawping at the Halle through overture , concerto and symphony . |
| 27 | Colt sat at a table outside the café that saw everything that moved in the village . |
| 28 | Kelly Connor sat on an old garden bench in Dermot 's orchard thinking of her father and the past . |
| 29 | Robert sat at a vacant space and put his head in his hands . |
| 30 | Imagine Lee sat in a bottle . |