Example sentences of "[is] sitting on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one of the pictures she 's sitting on a lady 's knee . |
| 2 | Carla 's sitting on a swing |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Well because I , if you keep one you can bet that the person 's sitting on an ace |
| 6 | if it 's sitting on the top and the top does n't get that hot . |
| 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 | Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’ |
| 10 | I 'm gulping hot coffee and pulling on my coat ; my bag 's sitting on the reception desk in the hotel lobby and Andy 's standing , hunched and blinking and bleary-eyed , watching me stuff toast into my mouth and slurp coffee from a handle-free mug . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | She is sitting on a bench between me and Philip . |
| 13 | A lady is sitting on a bench in the sunshine under a black silk parasol . |
| 14 | Our generation is sitting on a mountain of uncelebrated memories . |
| 15 | It is sitting on a cash pile of £155m , which equates to over half its current Stock Market capitalisation . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Considering that NFS version 3 , which was a major re-do , is sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust because it failed to garner popular support , there will probably be some reluctance to call this puppy by the same name . |
| 18 | He is an experienced manager and he knows that if a player is sitting on the treatment table for two or three weeks they are bound to put on a few pounds . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | During the Valencia show , Courtney is sitting on the stage , near Grohl 's kit . |
| 22 | WE can see from the definition of a tackle that : ‘ If the ball carrier is on one knee , or both knees , or is sitting on the ground or is on top of another player who is on the ground , the ball carrier is deemed to have been brought to ground ’ . |
| 23 | He 's coming up to , and 's is sitting on the stairs looking , and he was going like this and er , oh fucking hell cos she ! |
| 24 | The castle and grounds , which include the greatest arboretum in Poland , at present belong to the colossal state forestry authority , while the collections have been dispersed not only to Poznan , but also to Warsaw , whose National Museum is sitting on the remains of the unique collection of Etruscan and Greek vases ( some are in Moscow , while others were looted by the Germans , along with all the Limoges enamels , some of which regularly turn up in Western collections ) . |
| 25 | The squirt is sitting on the end of the second row , grinning as Keith passes . |