Example sentences of "i [was/were] sitting in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as though I were sitting in a movie and my actions were flashing in front of my eyes . |
| 2 | One Saturday evening , when I had been apprenticed to Joe for four years , he and I were sitting in the pub , with some of the villagers , listening to Mr Wopsle . |
| 3 | One night my mother , my father and I were sitting in the dining room . |
| 4 | And I always think back to the er the time I think Edmund and I were sitting in the back garden here and deciding that we 'd go off and join the paratroopers |
| 5 | I was sitting in a friend 's garden where I had gone to seek the Lord , and as I was reading the words of Jesus I knew , with a peace and a joy which passed understanding , the call of God . |
| 6 | I was sitting in a corner with Ann Sheridan , just a few tables away from Bogie and Mayo . |
| 7 | Michael , at a push , will admit to being the most sensible of the three ; Andy , Mr Agreeable and Fyfe , Mr Invisible ( ‘ I was sitting in a cab with someone from the record company and they turned round to Andy and said ‘ Where 's your drummer ? ’ ) |
| 8 | I was sitting in a chair when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me : if a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight . |
| 9 | I was sitting in a row exactly in front of Harold Wilson and his party , and during the last interval I heard him ask his neighbour whether anyone would ‘ have seen these plays right through ’ . |
| 10 | For three hours I was sitting in a dressing gown . |
| 11 | I was sitting in a congealed pool of stickiness . |
| 12 | I was sitting in a large cinema , with a lot of other people , and there was an American guy talking about the effects of nuclear war . |
| 13 | Unbeknown to me , she made some enquiries , and then one Friday , while I was sitting in the coffee shop having a quiet read of a newspaper someone had left , she appeared by my side . |
| 14 | Within my first week or so in the House , I was sitting in the Smoking Room reading a book . |
| 15 | A man at the back of the crowd said , ‘ I was sitting in the dome car lounge when Xanthe came through , and I can tell you that no one had come the other way . |
| 16 | I was sitting in the make-up chair and I felt like the ugliest piece of shit there ever was . |
| 17 | I was sitting in the office recently , finishing a shift . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I was sitting in the TV station next to a large man with glasses and beard and I felt I knew him . |
| 19 | THE LAST TIME I WAS IN Baghdad I was sitting in the bar of the famous , and famously dreadful , Al Rashed ( ‘ It is more than a hotel , ’ say the advertisements , though they do n't tell you in what way ) , drinking with a senior government official . |
| 20 | The next morning I was sitting in the garden in the sun when suddenly I saw young Rupert of Hentzau on horse- back coming through the trees towards me . |
| 21 | There was one occasion when I was sitting in the kitchen and I heard the front door close , and then footsteps in the hall . |
| 22 | I was sitting in the car park and I appreciated the area very much , it was nice , clean area but when I came to Walsall it was smoky and dirty area I 'm sorry to say that and er , but I had no alternative but to stay here because my father was here , I had no money and er , I thought because of relations job prospects might be better here than elsewhere . |
| 23 | ‘ I was sitting in the carriage and a family was there . |
| 24 | It was half-past — two in the morning and I was sitting in the front passenger seat in dad 's Cortina while my sister Jean , who was driving , sent it hurtling down the road towards Carlisle . |
| 25 | It 's only a few days since I was sitting in the seats you all occupy , realising the difficult job that a Lord Mayor has to undertake in keeping members in order . |
| 26 | And it merely occurred to me , actually I was sitting in the unemployment benefit office and I said to them er er at one of my interviews , |
| 27 | I was sitting in the sitting-room about to make a cup of coffee when I heard a huge bang and I thought the whole house was going to cave in . |
| 28 | I was sitting in the TV room when I heard this bang . |
| 29 | Actually I 've been I was sitting in the lounge today right and you know the situation there see his car going round the corner and stop and got out the car beaming at me , I said cor give him my old ! |
| 30 | Yeah , I was sitting in the sun as well , over by the window there . |