Example sentences of "[noun] [be] sitting " in BNC.
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| 1 | This order may be obtained whether the courts are sitting or not , if a ‘ prima facie ’ case is make out to a judge of the High Court . |
| 2 | The musicians are sitting in a row on the edge of the roof , facing inwards . |
| 3 | Men and women of all ages are sitting around , chilling out , soaking up the rays . |
| 4 | One slight disappointment is in the fret finishing : the frets seem properly set into the fingerboard but some of the ends on the treble side are sitting ( or have lifted ) slightly off the fingerboard , allowing the top E to occasionally catch underneath them . |
| 5 | A couple of henna-headed teenage fans are sitting with their backs to the outside wall of the club , and they remain cool when the coach arrives , politely asking everyone to sign the singles they 've brought along . |
| 6 | He supposes that some frogs are sitting on the coping stones of a circular lily pond . |
| 7 | His opponents in the April 9 contest are sitting Labour MP Giles Radice and Tory candidate Elizabeth Sibley an NHS medical secretary from London . |
| 8 | It is the fourth day before the winter solstice , and JILL and REBECCA are sitting by the fire of REBECCA 's home . |
| 9 | Residents of William Street , North Skelton , have petitioned Langbaurgh Council as they fear their houses and cars are sitting targets for vandals during hours of darkness . |
| 10 | Next morning John and Andy are sitting up in bed . |
| 11 | Bruce was in the hammock and Mr and Mrs van Meer were sitting side-by-side on the steps . |
| 12 | On that occasion , much of the room was in darkness , and the two gentlemen were sitting side by side midway down the table — it being much too broad to allow them to sit facing one another — within the pool of light cast by the candles on the table and the crackling hearth opposite . |
| 13 | She and Edward were sitting together in their Dorset drawing room , in their chairs on each side of the fireplace , where they always sat . |
| 14 | ‘ The details of the scholarship were sitting on his desk , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Dominic , Barnabas , Samantha and Georgina were sitting on the kerb poking sticks through the drain cover . |
| 16 | Marie 's sitting up on the bed with a packet of fags . |
| 17 | Or is it the merest coincidence that Kyle is sitting back in his chair , with the receiver to his ear , stroking the bald patch on the back of his head as I explain my business ? |
| 18 | When Keith gets back to his flat the personal organizer is sitting by the phone leering at him . |
| 19 | 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 ! ’ |
| 20 | A SUNNY HALLOWE'EN MORNING in Houstin , midway through The Shamen 's American tour , and Colin Angus is sitting by the hotel pool . |
| 21 | Did you know there 's someone waiting for you at Radio Nottingham 's reception , Pudsey Bear is sitting there waiting for you to take him home . |
| 22 | This teddy bear 's sitting down |
| 23 | Claudia Cohn-Casson is sitting under an enormous African fig tree near by , at a camp table spread with a Somali cloth . |
| 24 | During the Valencia show , Courtney is sitting on the stage , near Grohl 's kit . |
| 25 | RICHARD is sitting at a table , poring morosely over his cheque-book stubs . |
| 26 | Nellie was sitting at the bedside . |
| 27 | When he went in , Marie was sitting at her desk . |
| 28 | Over four weeks Michael Odell had found that the authority of acting President was sitting more and more easily on him . |
| 29 | Donna was sitting by the window in a floral cotton dressing-gown . |
| 30 | Killion was sitting on Kimberley 's bed , reading one of Kimberley 's books , when Lambert came in . |