Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] sit [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well you know , she was just sat there in the chair and they said that they |
| 2 | He was just sitting there up the embankment among the bushes . |
| 3 | Perhaps his mother was just sitting there in the house knowing that this could take ages and more than content to wait ; after all , what was she losing ? |
| 4 | And then , just when people were looking genuinely shocked by what she 'd said — remember that this man , who we all knew , was still sitting there with the blood just washed off his face , as if to remind us that she was n't joking — then she said , do n't be scared Boys . |
| 5 | I was still sitting there in the early evening , staring out to sea when a young forestry worker from the town found me . |
| 6 | Sammy had already bounded on ahead and was now sitting lazily by an old wooden gate , waiting for them . |