Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] sit [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve kilometres to the north-east of it is somewhere better : Sauveterre-de-Béarn , an interesting old place sat up above the Gave d'Oloron . |
| 2 | On the other side of Pottery Bridge , carrying the A639 , a sizable marine vessel sits up on the right bank . |
| 3 | It happened that the dog was silenced just as her last remark emerged , and over his body , flattened now to the sheet where he lay panting , the old woman sitting up in the bed flashed her a look . |
| 4 | The tattooed man sat up in the middle of the lesson , his blankets draped like a toga and barely concealing ‘ Jane ’ and ‘ King Kong ’ on his chest . |
| 5 | Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation . |
| 6 | You get a nice space to sit down at the table |
| 7 | The whole house sat down after the Rosary one evening to pick the hospital she would go to . |
| 8 | Soon after we arrived , the whole family sat down at the table for dinner . |