Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] sitting [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She remembered the rook or crow sitting in the hedge the night she had come away for ever . |
| 2 | I suspected that Kim sitting on his lap like that had perked him up no end . |
| 3 | Somehow he could n't imagine people like Grimma and Dorcas sitting in holes , waiting for humans to take over . |
| 4 | She expects to find Minna and Becky sitting in a huff in the coffee lounge , keeping as great a distance as they can manage from their ridiculously costumed sisters and brother-in-law . |
| 5 | The chief problems of the NEA the attempt to please every constituency , the absence of firm administrative control , an ossified panel system rife with artists and administrators sitting in judgment on each other 's grants , even if not on their own , and above all , the lack of a clearly articulated policy as to what should be supported remain , and will surely bedevil anyone brought in to run the agency . |
| 6 | I found Miss Havisham and Estella sitting in the same room , with candles burning as usual . |
| 7 | In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list . |
| 8 | Old people in lavender and tweed sitting against the neat hedges , and roses tumbling along veined and curled beams , timber drydocked after a lifetime at sea . |
| 9 | He said he had connections with the music industry and how he was always having famous musicians and producers sitting in the back of his cab . |
| 10 | This will probably involve a social worker in an area team putting together a package that might consist of a few hours of home care , a couple of days of day care , and night sitting for one night . |
| 11 | Some of the sea-floor sediments , muds , and oozes sitting on top of the oceanic plate also get melted . |
| 12 | There I saw an unusual sight : the admiral in shirtsleeves and braces sitting astride a very low dressing-table stool and gazing keenly at his reflection in the mirror , the ADC on his knees behind him brushing the curls at the back of his head . |
| 13 | We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella . |
| 14 | It was still only eight thirty and , apart from themselves and a man and woman sitting in the far corner , the bar was empty . |
| 15 | a. a man and woman sitting in the living room + the woman sitting reading quite happily — the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window + and gets himself ready and goes out + |
| 16 | and woman sitting in the living room … the man 's bored goes to the window looks out the window … and goes out + goes to his goes to a club + has a drink talks to the barman |
| 17 | ( 29 ) a man and woman sitting in the living room … the man 's bored goes to the window … goes out … goes to a club |
| 18 | In the summer , he lived in a little house surrounded by sunflowers higher than it was , beside a village with a pale blue pump in the centre , with geese marching around , pigeons gurgling ( they have a different accent on the Continent ) and people sitting on walls gossiping in the evening . |
| 19 | erm , the thing about it is is that I mean , one of we we 've at the minute we 've been faced with with some individuals reckoning that they have er rashes forming around the face er in a number of areas and there 's an indication that , and it 's nothing more than that , that it could actually be to do with the laser printers and people sitting near them in the light . |
| 20 | One day , towards the end of October , I came home from school late to find my mum , Marjorie and Emily sitting in Quigley 's car outside the house . |
| 21 | First person to touch three walls , penny , balloon , three boys and girls sitting on chairs . |
| 22 | ‘ Wo n't be long , ’ said Tom , and he took the haversack from Willie and left him and Sammy sitting on the stone steps . |
| 23 | For all we knew it could have been 12 feet , since the weather was so bad at the top we could see no further than someone wearing a ski anorak and wellingtons sitting beside us . |
| 24 | There are old women and children sitting in the pouring rain . ’ |
| 25 | Christopher Farmer chased the robbers with his wife and children sitting in the back of his car . |
| 26 | Southgate caught up with me as I entered the main hall and saw Santerre and others sitting round the high table . |
| 27 | Glaxo believed it was unnecessary to do this because cells sitting on the inner surface of the gut wall do not divide . |
| 28 | Energy transferred to our bodies as heat-by sitting by a fire or by drinking a hot beverage for example-is negligible in comparison . |
| 29 | That 's it yeah , and erm I was erm Wally and Gordon and he thinks there 's another couple you see , so I said well , you know , and I told him about the heater you see and he know , I said when people sitting on their backsides in committee making decisions , I said , you know , I said it just makes me bloody well annoyed , he said I know he said they do n't , they , they make the decisions and , but they do n't do the nitty gritty , they you know |