Example sentences of "she sit [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word . |
| 2 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |
| 3 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 4 | Then she remembered ; the car , the box , the head , she sat up with a start only to clatter back down again . |
| 5 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 6 | She sat up in a kind of horror , her feelings filling her up with shame . |
| 7 | She sat up in the bed and pulled the covers up to her armpits in an attempt to recoup a little of her dignity . |
| 8 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 9 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
| 10 | She sat heavily on the bed . |
| 11 | She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable . |
| 12 | She sat carefully in a bucket chair , on a dark-blue satin cushion embroidered with a yellow dragon , and looked up at the mantelpiece . |
| 13 | Once there , she sat nervously on the edge of a Louis XIV chair , her bare legs drawn together , her hands in her lap . |
| 14 | Blanche 's eyes widened and she sat forward on the kitchen chair . |
| 15 | She sat forward on the chair , studying her sister-in-law 's face with a worried frown . |
| 16 | She sat stiffly in the Mercedes , unwilling to continue the conversation . |
| 17 | Still she sat there on the floor , sunk on her heels . |
| 18 | She sat back on the settee until she heard Kate 's key in the lock . |
| 19 | She sat back on the bed , looking around her thoughtfully . |
| 20 | She sat back on the sofa and motioned him beside her . |
| 21 | She sat back on the couch . |
| 22 | When the old lady was helped into a newly made-up and just warmed bed , with clean sheets and blankets , and a coverlet of soft down unearthed from a trunk in the attics and hung outside to air , she sat back against the bank of lace-edged pillows and burst into a paroxysm of dry sobs . |
| 23 | She sat back in the sun and closed her eyes . |
| 24 | ’ She sat back in the driving seat , a neat , competent figure in a deep green spring suit as modest and suave as her own creamy countenance . |
| 25 | There was no arguing with him , and it was very pleasant to have someone caring , so she sat back in the seat without further protest . |
| 26 | She sat back in the seat as she racked her brain before coming to just one conclusion : Harry Martin . |
| 27 | She ran and ran but could not see a house anywhere , so she sat down under a flower to rest . |
| 28 | She sat down without a word and shook her head when Whitlock asked if she wanted coffee . |
| 29 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 30 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |