Example sentences of "[pron] [is] sitting on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to talk about getting some of his poets to work on the Alps — he 's looking after one or two o the Romantics for a few months , while a colleague of his is sitting on a commission of inquiry . |
| 2 | If someone is sitting on the radiator it is because his trousers are wet from the rain , if someone is drifting across the classroom he is going to get some paper for written work , or if someone is leaving class he is going to empty the rubbish ‘ like he usually does ’ . |
| 3 | The only people they do n't want to upset are the people at the garage the fact that somebody is n't doing their job properly somebody 's sitting on a form somewhere |
| 4 | In one of the pictures she 's sitting on a lady 's knee . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's this young girl in a Mao tunic and a red star on her cap — she 's Jean-Claude 's latest — and she 's sitting on a bookcase , high up , legs swinging . |
| 6 | She 's sitting on a and does n't know what she 's sitting on ! |
| 7 | NOT only does the woman in the new Spennymoor town centre sculpture look like she 's sitting on the toilet , and the greyhound look like a ferret or a sausage , someone said but when they went to erect the blessed thing last week it did n't fit the space available . |
| 8 | By now , she 's sitting on the floor , thoroughly chatty . |
| 9 | She is sitting on a bench between me and Philip . |
| 10 | However , the music entrepreneur , who is sitting on a near 50% stake worth £10m , is about to make a fresh foray into the records business . |
| 11 | Stuart Bell , who is sitting on a near-15,000 majority in Middlesbrough , came under fire from Tory opponent Paul Rayner and Liberal Democrat challenger Rosamund Jordan . |
| 12 | What will the Scottish electorate think when they discover what the millionaire Secretary of State for the Environment , who is sitting on the right hon. Gentleman 's left , has to pay ? |
| 13 | The pamphlet was called ’ Save our Schools ’ and its authors included the right hon. Member for St. Albans ( Mr. Lilley ) , who is now the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Enfield , Southgate ( Mr. Portillo ) , who is now the Minister of State , Department of the Environment , the hon. Member for Gainsborough and Horncastle ( Mr. Leigh ) , who is Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Stirling ( Mr. Forsyth ) , who is the Scottish Office education spokesman , the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire ( Mr. Forth ) , who is now at the Department of Trade and Industry , the hon. Member for Darlington ( Mr. Fallon ) , who is sitting on the Front Bench now , and the hon. Member for Southampton , Itchen ( Mr. Chope ) , who is now a junior Transport Minister . |
| 14 | if it 's sitting on the top and the top does n't get that hot . |
| 15 | It is sitting on a cash pile of £155m , which equates to over half its current Stock Market capitalisation . |
| 16 | Can anyone help R. Standring , from Bangor in Gwynedd , who is keen to learn whether or not he is sitting on a gold mine or , to be more precise , swinging with one ? |
| 17 | He is sitting on the corner of the big table in the kitchen , nodding his head and nibbling a dry biscuit , as Shirley Esplin , the flautist , explains about her work to him . |