Example sentences of "[noun prp] sat [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Donna sat at the sitting-room window , the Beretta on the sill in front of her . |
| 2 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 3 | Zirnheld succeeded in placing bombs on a few trucks , while Jellicoe sat beside the road and saw nothing . |
| 4 | Corbett sat on the same bench he had occupied the previous Sunday watching the nuns file in . |
| 5 | A day later , Corbett sat on the edge of his own bed in Leighton Manor watching Maeve busy herself round the room . |
| 6 | They stood , their arms round each other , staring at the view before them , then at last , turning from the window , David sat on the bed and pulled her between his legs so that as she stood with her hands on his shoulders he pressed his head against her stomach . |
| 7 | Jack Pertwee sat on the smart checked tweed sofa holding the hand of a girl with a monumental pile of black hair and eyelashes like shoe brushes . |
| 8 | One Friday morning towards the end of the summer , Josh sat in the Guild Office , going through the wages list and making up the pay-packets to be doled out at the end of the day . |
| 9 | Sally and Edward sat in the very front row of the audience at the Fashion Show on canvas hospital-style chairs . |
| 10 | In the kitchen Mrs Blakey comforted her and Mr Blakey sat at the scrubbed table stirring sugar into a cup of tea . |
| 11 | Valerie sat on the sofa . |
| 12 | Travis sat on the edge of the bed and gently caressed her fair hair away from her face with a hand that was ever so slightly unsteady . |
| 13 | Bernice sat by the raft . |
| 14 | Bernice sat in the comer of the room writing in her diary . |
| 15 | Rodney drove , Veronica sat in the front . |
| 16 | Lucy sat on the tiled floor of a shower cubicle in the bathroom of the most expensive-looking hotel suite that she 'd ever seen , hugging her knees , shivering despite the temperature of the water that beat down upon her . |
| 17 | Lucy sat on the edge of the bed . |
| 18 | Aunt Bella sat at the table , poring over catalogues , surveying the accounts , calculating . |
| 19 | Scott sat on the edge of his own bed listening intently , hands clasped on his knees . |
| 20 | Downes sat at the table in Interview Room Two on the ground floor , spell-bound and motionless , as if a witch had drawn a circle round him thrice . |
| 21 | The twins perched themselves on the bed , Zach sat on the chair by the desk and George and Willie sat cross-legged with their backs leaning against the bookcase . |
| 22 | Richard sat on the side of the bed and looked at the floor . |
| 23 | But Miguel Rafaelo sat at the desk , looking through the files that Shelley had made of all the patients she had seen . |
| 24 | Sergeant Warden sat in the hard-backed chair , notebook at the ready . |
| 25 | General Dmitry Vashinov sat in the curtain-darkened room , the only source of light a red lamp by the bed . |
| 26 | A key figure in the world of high finance , Colebrooke sat in the Commons as MP for Arundel between 1754 and 1774 , and close links with Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles , first Duke of Newcastle [ q.v. ] , secured him a number of lucrative government contracts . |
| 27 | Maisie sat in the corner of the kitchen with one chocolate bar in her mouth , another in her right hand , another in her lap and a fourth beside her on the draining board , in case anything should happen to the other three . |
| 28 | For example , three representatives from the Isle of Ely sat on the committee although only four short courses had been arranged in that Authority . |
| 29 | Rodney sat on the bed . |
| 30 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |