Example sentences of "sat in [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audience sat in tiers round the front half of the orchestra , which thus served to separate them from the skene . ) |
| 2 | People thronged in the several outdoor cafés , while others sat in groups on the paving stones , enjoying the music , cans of Coke at their feet , slices of smørrebrød in their hands , while neatly stacked against the railings of the old houses with their terracotta- and gamboge-painted façades were the ubiquitous bicycles which were so much a part of the Danish travel scene . |
| 3 | He poured another cup of tea and sat in dejection in the kitchen . |
| 4 | When I got back I sat in front of the big glass with the door shut and the lights off , till dawn . |
| 5 | Mrs Cullam still sat in front of the television , the baby asleep now in her lap , the dog lying across her slippered feet . |
| 6 | Fatigued , his hands tremoring badly , he sat in front of the fire and could only say : ‘ Everybody git lost in life . |
| 7 | The man used to say to him sometimes , when he saw him sat in front of the screen : |
| 8 | He sat in front of the fire and found his place . |
| 9 | When we were called , we went and sat in front of the circuit judge , Shanti sitting on my knee . |
| 10 | He then returned to the sitting room and sat in front of the television where he was found asleep by his father and the others when they returned 40 minutes later . |
| 11 | Yanto sat in front of the now blazing fire , naked , except for an ex-army blanket draped around him . |
| 12 | Pickups are represented by a centrally-situated P-bass type and a substantial-looking double-pole humbucker sat in front of the bridge , indicating perhaps the rock leanings of the instrument . |
| 13 | Now he sat in front of the painting in four modes , and flipped through his address book looking for a partner for the night . |
| 14 | Danny 's eyelids were drooping as he sat in front of the warm fire and Nellie gave him a blinding look . |
| 15 | She sat in front of the official , in the large light office , and knew that Mrs Whitfield would not cut off the electricity . |
| 16 | He returned to his room wrapped cosily in his towelling dressing-gown and sat in front of the gas-fire with a cup of coffee . |
| 17 | She sat in front of the mirror and wound the scarf to conceal them . |
| 18 | He sat in front of the white typewriter , listening to the ticking of the clock in the corner by the window . |
| 19 | It 's like a little girl has been playing with her mother 's scissors , and she sat in front of the mirror wondering what her mother 's going to say , and whether if she snips a little more it 'll be OK . |
| 20 | Dragging up a stool , she sat in front of the older woman 's legs , and placed the package in her lap . |
| 21 | A row of limp , blank faced figures sat in front of the windows , begging what they could from the steady stream of shoppers . |
| 22 | The Feldwebel sat in front with the driver , and the officer , who undid the flap of his holster and swivelled his belt round so that his automatic was more accessible , sat in the back with me . |
| 23 | She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp . |
| 24 | A circle of O'Neils sat in silence round the dining table in Sean and Michael 's new service flat in Gramercy Park , New York City . |