Example sentences of "we sat [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat at one of the two tables just beneath the dais . |
| 2 | We sat at long desks which held five pupils . |
| 3 | Do you know , we sat on that beach all day Thursday , it was really boring , there was nothing to do on Thursday . |
| 4 | As a matter o' fact we sat on this very seat , an' if I remember rightly , I stole a kiss . |
| 5 | So we sat on this row and it was Paul and his young lady and David all in the row with us . |
| 6 | I 'm convinced he drew me aside , away from Jeeta and Jamila , into the store-room , where we sat on wooden boxes like skiving factory workers , because he was ashamed , or at least bashful , about his unsweet victory . |
| 7 | As powerless as the train , we sat for three and a half hours in the dark — key phrase , that — before a locomotive of more elderly years arrived from Newcastle to give us a croggy . |
| 8 | We sat through some very boring speeches which attempted to make the thoughts of Mao , Marx and Lenin exciting and accessible to a bunch of dumb women , and then broke for coffee . |
| 9 | Mary brought out a rough-and-ready picnic on a doth and we sat under old apple trees on which the apples were already beginning to glow with ripeness . |
| 10 | I remember that we sat opposite each other — the arrangement I most preferred — so that I could observe evéry modification of his countenance ; and I have to say that never in all our acquaintance had I witnessed such patience and sheer kindness . |
| 11 | I followed with the tray , placed it on a small coffee table by the fire and we sat opposite each other in wingback chairs . |
| 12 | In the October heat haze we sat in stately convoy among huge 5-litre cars — all floating like ships becalmed at a docile 54mph . |
| 13 | We sat in adjacent chairs opposite him and he asked , ‘ Why are you here ? ’ |
| 14 | We sat in one of those lounges that are part of a huge bar area and the windows were misted up with condensation ; when you rubbed them you still could n't see much because of all the rain dripping down outside . |
| 15 | We sat in two old , well-upholstered armchairs . |
| 16 | And we sat in two rows and two horses pulling at us . |
| 17 | Karen and I were waiting here nobody invi we sat in all night and watched T V actually . |
| 18 | We sat in heavy silence for a long time . |
| 19 | Roy [ Jenkins ] ruminated : ‘ Your memory is better than mine , Prime Minister , but I believe it is ten years ago to this very day that we sat in this room discussing the Defence Review . |
| 20 | We sat in stubborn silence for a minute . |
| 21 | The room we sat in contained two television sets , two oak sideboards , slightly lower than the ceiling and four clocks all stopped at different times . |
| 22 | We sat like that for what seemed like hours until we could not cry any longer . |
| 23 | She now twisted round and stretched her feet outward across the rug , saying , ‘ How many years ago is it since we sat like this , Charles ? ’ |