Example sentences of "she [was/were] sit on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the picture , Miss Ray was wearing a very short skirt and she was sitting on a swing .
2 She was sitting on a stool beside her mother 's chair and Julia laid her hand against Anne 's cheek .
3 But deep down she 'd known she was sitting on a plane bound for the Caribbean because she wanted to be .
4 At that precise time , she was sitting on a bench in the middle of the corridor , at a carefully calculated point that should be just out of sight from the security cameras at either side .
5 She was sitting on a shooting stick .
6 She was sitting on a rug on the long narrow lawn which lay behind the house , with a pile of books and a baby .
7 When he met Eileen Ryan she was sitting on a bank with a dazed look , her bicycle up-ended in a ditch .
8 She was sitting on the floor , surrounded by dogs and cats — when Christopher came in , and lay on the sofa , without a word — as he always did — and listened to the music with her .
9 and she 'd got a table in front of her and she was sitting on the settee and the table in front of her and this new jigsaw , over a hundred pieces in it and there she was lady
10 The memories are probably combined due to the fact that she watched the SS Great Britain being towed into harbour while she was sitting on the loo .
11 Dressed , except for one stocking , she was sitting on the edge of the bed .
12 She licked her lips nervously , and realised that she was sitting on the edge of the sofa , staring at him as though her life depended on it .
13 She was sitting on the edge of the seat , the front of her body pressed against the piano .
14 But one day when she was sitting on the branch , it broke , and she fell .
15 All birds are very temperamental and finicky with their food at the best of times , so I started by slipping titbits of chick under her feet while she was sitting on the glove .
16 She was sitting on the sill of the summerhouse and when the phone rang , she was ready to answer it .
17 She was sitting on the sofa , surrounded by old copies of the New Yorker .
18 She was sitting on the sofa holding a baby , with her little daughter beside her .
19 She was sitting on the bed beside him , clutching his shoulders and looking almost frightened .
20 She was sitting on the bed cuddling Carla when her mother came in and told her to go to the shops and get some bits and pieces .
21 She was sitting on the bed with her album — that sparsely-peopled record of whatever it was that she 'd left behind and she was n't leafing through it but hugging it close , as if it was a physical source of comfort to her when times were at their lowest .
22 She was sitting on the veranda , her ears still straining for a sound of the departing plane .
23 She was sitting on the side of her bed , trembling with worry for him , undecided whether or not it would be safe to discard her bath towel and go to his help , when she heard a footstep on the stairs and bundled back into bed , anxious to conceal the unattractive evidence of her nasty little experience .
24 She was sitting on the chair with her head
25 She was sitting on the steps of the summerhouse .
26 Alice was very nearly asleep when , suddenly , she was sitting on the ground .
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