Example sentences of "[noun] sit at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's wonderful , ’ said the man , but then he saw four Scots sitting at a table without a drink . |
| 2 | His study Sally ( the lady sits at a table and looks straight ahead at the viewer ) possesses painterly values of real distinction . |
| 3 | Wycliffe found Sergeant Curtis sitting at a table in the hall typing yet another report . |
| 4 | Inside the two guards of the Prince 's retinue sat at a table , much the worse for drink . |
| 5 | Just inside the door there were two Germans in the grey uniform of the Luftwaffe sitting at a table . |
| 6 | On our last night we dined on fresh local fish in the Club taverna sitting at a table close to the water 's edge . |
| 7 | Colt sat at a table outside the café that saw everything that moved in the village . |
| 8 | Observation of operator performance within many high technology systems reveals nothing more than a person sitting at a desk scanning various kinds of displays at intervals and just occasionally picking up a telephone , making a note in a log-book or manipulating a control . |
| 9 | " Table meal " is defined by s.139(1) as meaning a meal eaten by a person sitting at a table or other structure which serves the purpose of a table and is not used for the service of refreshments for consumption by persons not seated at a table or structure serving the purpose of a table , which definition repeats the definition given by the 1962 Act . |
| 10 | There 's a man and a woman sitting at a table by the window , and I watch them for a bit . |
| 11 | The tests were done in a quiet room with patients sitting at a table . |
| 12 | If a group of people sitting at a dining table had their entire bodies shrouded under some tent-like garment , there are two ways in which the expert observer of eating behaviour could differentiate the fat from the slim . |
| 13 | Two girls sat at a table . |
| 14 | A stout middle-aged man sat at a corner playing a red squeeze box and working a pedal with one foot which made a row of wooden puppets dance . |
| 15 | An elderly man sat at a table beside an open fire , a large pint of beer and a small glass of whisky on the table , an alsatian stretched out asleep at his feet . |
| 16 | Three women in nylon overalls sat at a table eating the food they had prepared for the canteen lunch . |
| 17 | Royal author Andrew Morton sat at a table as one of Diana 's close friends poured out the truth about the Princess 's deep unhappiness . |
| 18 | Hilaire Belloc would not I think have liked his eponymous monastery ; it is modern and spruce , with sacred literature in showcases and a monk sitting at a reception desk . |
| 19 | Tony Parsons sits at a table in his tastefully grey-decorated house in the moderately fashionable Canonbury area of London . |
| 20 | Two men sat at a table near the counter , one of them pushing huge forkfuls of food into his mouth , the other sipping at a cup of tea . |
| 21 | Carl sits at a table , engrossed in his work . |
| 22 | It was so much more businesslike to spread out needlework or write letters sitting at a table . |
| 23 | She and Giancarlo sat at a table with a distinguished-looking woman in her fifties , whose name Constance could not remember but who was referred to by everyone as Contessa , and her son , Pino , who laughed a lot and told Constance anecdotes about the other guests . |
| 24 | In a small French restaurant off Sloane Square , the couple sat at a corner table , their faces lit by candlelight . |
| 25 | A man in uniform sat at a table near by , with a young , weeping girl . |
| 26 | Zoo executive director Bernard Harrison told reporters that Ah Meng and five other orang-utans sat at a poolside table drinking Coca-Cola at the Raffles hotel before a photo session . |
| 27 | There , much to Dexter 's amazement , Blanche strode down some steps to the kitchen , where Beasley sat at a pine table nursing a glass of wine . |