Example sentences of "she [was/were] sitting 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 . |