Example sentences of "[subord] sit [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train . |
| 2 | For those who would like a more relaxing evening , what better than to sit at an open air cafe , sipping an ice cold beer , listening to the local brass band in the village square and watching the sun slip down behind the mountains — perfect ! |
| 3 | Mr Prichard remembers his grandmother as a warm but private person who liked nothing more than to sit beside the Thames at her home in Cholsey and to tend her beloved roses . |
| 4 | Whether it 's the Police Band or one from a nearby mill town , there are fewer nicer ways to end a summer day in Leeds than to sit in a deckchair at sunset , listening to the haunting sound of the trumpets and trombones . |
| 5 | What could be more refreshing , for instance , than to sit in the sun sipping a glass of one of the latest fruit wines ? |
| 6 | I 'd rather stand than sit on the Kop , and it 's obvious that certain of Shankly 's thoughts and methods are still considered and used . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'd rather climb ladders than sit at a checkout . ’ |
| 8 | So rather than sit at the counter and do it they they have rooms which you can go to and erm get interviewed |
| 9 | ‘ But as much as I 'd like to continue playing for the North , I suddenly thought there 's more to life than sitting on the M1 . |
| 10 | Better than sitting on the . |
| 11 | In fact she 'd had a brief nap on the flight over and the adrenalin was racing round her body , making the possibility of sleep unlikely , but anything was better than sitting like a frightened child beside him , hoping against hope that he would finally melt and utter the sort of words she had once yearned to hear . |
| 12 | If learners were encouraged to be more active in the learning process , rather than sitting in a classroom , and this active learning was based on patient care in the clinical area , would the learning be more realistic ? |
| 13 | Well I do n't like office , I love hotels and I think having meetings in a hotel 's more civilized than sitting in an office . |
| 14 | It seemed a better idea than sitting in the village street for three hours . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a chance to play rather than sit on the replacements bench and I 'm always glad of that , ’ said Davies . |
| 16 | But a time arrives when you would rather do almost anything rather than sit in a stuffy fringe theatre on a Saturday night with a dozen heads all nodding aggrievedly in agreement on how South Africa is now really rather a nasty place . |
| 17 | rack for fucking plates , so I put them away and the best way to do it is if sit at the table , you wash and I 'll dry or I 'll dr you er dry and I 'll wash , well what |
| 18 | The feet can be washed in an oblong , straight-sided plastic household bucket filled with about six inches of warm water and a few drops of mild disinfectant , while sitting on a bathroom stool ( or using the lavatory as a seat ) . |
| 19 | These voluble oaths echoing across the river have burst upon the ears of the Castle 's occupants , enjoying a little peace and quiet while sitting on the terrace in the afternoon sun , and sparks have flown . |
| 20 | Some , like the Stand-off Land Attack Missile , SLAM , or the Israeli-produced Have Nap , can be ‘ flown ’ by pilots looking through the missile 's television eye , while sitting at a safe remove in aircraft . |
| 21 | ‘ Yet you expect me to conduct the case and arrive at decisions , even order an arrest , while sitting at a desk . ’ |
| 22 | Later , while sitting at the kitchen table making a special list of people to help with Easter flowers , and a subsidiary list of those who might be approached to donate Easter lilies , Anna and her conscience had a little tussle . |
| 23 | The author Michael Thornton , a family friend , said : ‘ Charles Sweeny was taken ill on 11 March while sitting beside a swimming pool in the summer resort of Bar Harbour , south Maine , which was a favourite place of his . |
| 24 | On 21st September 1904 , the great Nez Perce headman suffered a heart attack while sitting beside the fire in the tipi at Nespelem that he still preferred to the white man 's house . |
| 25 | The reading undertaken while under stress — while waiting for the dentist , for example , or while sitting in a plane during turbulence , or when fatigued at the end of the day — is usually of this order . |
| 26 | It seemed curious to be describing such ice-cold seas while sitting in a palm-thatched Bahamian beach café that looked on to a shoreline where pelicans perched under the diamond-hard sun . |
| 27 | What of sensations , perhaps the warmth one feels while sitting in a sunny window ? |
| 28 | Eighteen-year-old Jennie Whalley was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes while sitting in a car parked in a garage . |
| 29 | Many had had a ‘ good war ’ , and one cure for contempt was to discover , while sitting in the Library during all night sittings , a slim volume such as How I Rowed Across The North Sea Singlehanded , by Sir Hugh Munro Lucas-Tooth . |
| 30 | PIPPA Steffell , aged one , who got her foot caught in the gap of a Sainsbury trolley while sitting in the seat . |