Example sentences of "[v-ing] by the fire " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three children had gone to bed and Rose was waiting by the fire by the time he was satisfied enough with what he had written to seal the envelope . |
| 2 | Upon entering the kitchen , he found his mother-in-law dozing by the fire . |
| 3 | Huddling by the fire he waited impatiently for daylight and his relief . |
| 4 | Now , she lay panting by the fire , warming her flanks and apparently listening to the humans ' conversation . |
| 5 | Her words came back to me as I pictured her sitting by the fire in her tiny croft . |
| 6 | I 'm looking forward to getting back home and sitting by the fire . |
| 7 | Buddie was sitting by the fire . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember him sitting by the fire all wrapped up an' coughing . ’ |
| 9 | It is the fourth day before the winter solstice , and JILL and REBECCA are sitting by the fire of REBECCA 's home . |
| 10 | He remembered old dad VATman up at Hoomey 's sitting by the fire and how he had wanted to go there , and that made him think of a good name : Lucky Fireside … no , Firelight , Lucky Firelight . |
| 11 | Eye catarrh worse ( < ) sitting by the fire ; every cold settles in the eyes in rheumatic patients . |
| 12 | ‘ Inside , a boy was sitting by the fire . |
| 13 | Salt looked round at an unusually pale and quiet Sally sitting by the fire . |
| 14 | When we arrived home Frankie was still sitting by the fire with a coat round his shoulders and Mrs Taylor was there in Mum 's starched white apron ready to serve . |
| 15 | Her husband was sitting by the fire . |
| 16 | He was , understandably , taking us for a couple whose holiday idyll he had interrupted , though why we should be sitting by the fire at that hour , with me in a not very elegant dressing-gown and Ewen in stained jeans and a guernsey it would be hard to imagine . |
| 17 | So we entered the Castle , where we found a cheerful old man sitting by the fire . |
| 18 | One evening in December I gently pushed open the old kitchen door , and there , sitting by the fire next to Joe , in my old place , was — Pip ! |
| 19 | It was now March , and Mr Utterson was sitting by the fire after dinner , when he was surprised to receive a visit from Doctor Jekyll 's servant , Poole . |
| 20 | The rest of the day followed predictably — Len 's breakfast , seeing him off to work , cleaning the small , semi-detached house they were steadily paying for , looking after the baby , making Len 's evening meal , sitting by the fire in the evening watching the telly , before they went to bed … |
| 21 | And this time there was a woman sitting by the fire . |
| 22 | ‘ Dear God ! ’ cried Mrs Wood , ‘ an old devil sitting by the fire ! |
| 23 | Grandma was sitting by the fire with a big pile of wool . |
| 24 | He had been sitting by the fire for some time before he decided to open the letter . |
| 25 | So I went across and she was sitting by the fire exit behind the piano and er , I said what 's up ? |
| 26 | She went over to where he was standing by the fire and thanked him . |
| 27 | He joined Mr McWhirter , standing by the fire in the usual lonely state of the one honest man , and , assuming his Manner at its most impressive , he cleared his throat . |
| 28 | That was the place where the men of the village spent their evenings , drinking beer and talking by the fire . |
| 29 | If Tamar tried to sit up until her mother-in-law had retired to her bed , the other woman seemed determined that husband and wife should not be alone together , and Tamar 's aching back would drive her up the stairs , miserably leaving Stephen and his mother chatting by the fire . |
| 30 | Then , story telling by the fire . |