Example sentences of "and [noun] sit [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband took off his underpants and Jessica sat in the car with them wrapped round her the rest of the way home ! |
| 2 | Hilbert and Lewis and Beryl sat in old-fashioned deck chairs with striped canvas seats . |
| 3 | It was emotionally captivating to see a truck laden with consumer goods draw up at Tazarbu , to hear the driver announce that he had a new poem from Muhammad Dabub in Ajdabiya , and to see shopkeepers , customers and driver sit in the shade to listen to the poem . |
| 4 | Heg and Biff sat on the edge of the open grave sucking their unlit pipes . |
| 5 | Nicandra and Lalage sat with carriage rugs over their knees in the back of the big car . |
| 6 | Anna and Sarah sat at the table , and the man stood and watched . |
| 7 | Evelyn and Dan sat at the breakfast bar . |
| 8 | [ A total change of mood — BELVILLE and PAMELA sit at either end of the table . ] |
| 9 | Unwontedly , Lewis was philosophising as he and Morse sat in the canteen at St Aldate 's : ‘ Amazing , really : you get all these statements and alibis and secret little meetings , and then really , in the end , it 's just — well , it 's just the same old story , is n't it ? |
| 10 | He was put down in the spare bedroom with the blinds closed against the sun , and Jim sat with him telling him stories until he fell asleep . |
| 11 | Somehow he could n't imagine people like Grimma and Dorcas sitting in holes , waiting for humans to take over . |
| 12 | Gurder , Angalo and Pion sat under a bush . |
| 13 | For fifteen minutes interviewer and applicant sat opposite one another . |
| 14 | Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined , crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage . |
| 15 | She expects to find Minna and Becky sitting in a huff in the coffee lounge , keeping as great a distance as they can manage from their ridiculously costumed sisters and brother-in-law . |
| 16 | Juliet and David sat in squashy armchairs while Mrs Maybury fetched the tray of tea . |
| 17 | Sally and Edward sat in the very front row of the audience at the Fashion Show on canvas hospital-style chairs . |
| 18 | Salt and pepper sit on the tables in old jam-jars : ‘ The biggest containers possible and they still get nicked , ’ says Mr Poole . |
| 19 | Masklin and Grimma sat by themselves , watching the frogs in their flower . |
| 20 | Some have sudden urges to take a year off and sail around the world — others sell house and home to sit in damp unstable quarters writing books . |
| 21 | Before the fire Ratagan and Riven sat on two high-backed wooden settles . |
| 22 | And Riven sat beside Madra as she lay on most of the bedding they had left , with strips of cloak bound about the wounds which bit into her , and Ratagan on her other side with his face twisted in concern . |
| 23 | Bob and Tessa sat on the floor , their arms round each other . |
| 24 | The chief problems of the NEA the attempt to please every constituency , the absence of firm administrative control , an ossified panel system rife with artists and administrators sitting in judgment on each other 's grants , even if not on their own , and above all , the lack of a clearly articulated policy as to what should be supported remain , and will surely bedevil anyone brought in to run the agency . |
| 25 | For once , sunshine was slanting in ; and Ruth sat at the table , drawing with her finger round the shadow of the coffee cup — then abruptly got up , opened the basement door and went down the steps into the darkness . |
| 26 | Gav and Janice sat on the couch , loosely attired in dressing gowns and watching a video . |
| 27 | Wycliffe and Curtis sat in the stern while Smith placed himself in the lee of the fo'c'sle on a little tip-up seat by the wheel . |
| 28 | Molly and Hugh sat on the terrace unable to concentrate on anything else . |
| 29 | I found Miss Havisham and Estella sitting in the same room , with candles burning as usual . |
| 30 | In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list . |