Example sentences of "[was/were] sitting at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six of us were sitting at a table . |
| 2 | They were sitting at a round table . |
| 3 | IXI describes the software as a virtual workspace — the product enables users to operate and work in a windowing environment that extends well beyond the physical space constraint of their monitor , as if they were sitting at a huge screen . |
| 4 | Late on the Saturday evening , in the glow which follows a good dinner and good wines , four of us , all old acquaintances , were sitting at a table in the lounge talking — inevitably — about birds , and the conversation got round to places we would like to visit . |
| 5 | The two of them were sitting at a table in the open air . |
| 6 | Paul Lexington and Bobby Anscombe were sitting at a table in the middle of the room , engaged in a fiercely whispered conversation . |
| 7 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 8 | The others were sitting at the table . |
| 9 | One evening , when the two of them were sitting at the Rotonde , Beatrice , ‘ the lady of Montmartre ’ , entered with a handsome escort . |
| 10 | Having finished her spot , the soprano left the stage and rejoined her husband and the Concert Secretary who were sitting at the next table . |
| 11 | ‘ Has anyone seen Christine or Robert King ? ’ she asked , turning to the others who were sitting at the back of the hall . |
| 12 | One evening Atkins and his colleague were sitting at the factory exit . |
| 13 | Geoffrey and Anthony were sitting at the end of Penzance Gardens , where it met Princedale Road . |
| 14 | The four police officers were sitting at the conference table in the Director 's office . |
| 15 | But when they were sitting at the oval table in the dining-room , eating Mrs Purry 's admirable steak and kidney pudding and drinking a full-bodied Burgundy , Penelope found herself next to Rupert , who talked very pleasantly about Italy , remembering that Penelope was shortly to visit Rome with the parish party , and told her of things she ought to see and restaurants where she might eat . |
| 16 | The only occupants of the room were a couple of young men who were sitting at the table , smoking Turkish cigarettes . |
| 17 | Rachel 's opportunity to speak to her parents came on Saturday morning after the community nurse had arrived and was tending to Jennifer in her room and she and her parents were sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 18 | She was sitting at a table in the recreation room with her relatives round her . |
| 19 | He was sitting at a carefully chosen table with the magnificence of Princes Street stretching out through the window behind him . |
| 20 | She was sitting at a littered table with two noisy West Indians in colourful pullovers and a jaded , almost middle-aged fat lady with a fur coat . |
| 21 | Nell was sitting at a table with a fortyish couple who she later told me owned one of the horses in the box-car , a dark bay called Redi-Hot . |
| 22 | Sheridan Lorrimore , who was sitting at a table apart from his parents , demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once . |
| 23 | A few months later I was sitting at a table opposite three Foreign Office officials . |
| 24 | Mike Dawson was sitting at a dead computer , strumming the keyboard and offering a toothy smile to an invisible audience . |
| 25 | A man was sitting at a desk , typing , another stood by a filing cabinet . |
| 26 | Conway 's secretary , Marie , was sitting at a desk . |
| 27 | An old man with white hair was sitting at a table . |
| 28 | Five minutes later she was sitting at a small table at the back of the dining-room , hidden from but within full hearing of the noisy bar . |
| 29 | He was sitting at a corner table with an English girl called Rose Franklin . |
| 30 | Doctor Stevie was sitting at a table having an early lunch . |