Example sentences of "she sat [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She nodded her head at him from where she sat to the side of the fireplace in the sitting-room . |
| 2 | Then she sat at the big table with only a pot of tea for herself while Frankie and his father cleared their plates in silence . |
| 3 | She sat at the edge of the cockpit , curled her legs into the warm shelter of the jacket , then hunched down into the thick collar so that all I could see of her face was her enormous , moon-silvered and lemur-like eyes beneath the pale gleam of her short bright hair . |
| 4 | She sat at the breakfast table , trying to calm her nerves , and eventually she drew the envelope from her housecoat pocket and opened it , reading the words that were written inside , and feeling the blood drain from her face . |
| 5 | She sat at the table with a shrug , the green eyes troubled . |
| 6 | She sat at the feet of Wyatt . |
| 7 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 8 | She sat at the window , looking out on the gardens , not wanting to be reminded of her ordeal as her two companions searched for any clues that might have been left . |
| 9 | She sat at the table , picked up one of the pens , and began work . |
| 10 | She sat at the table and counted what she had left . |
| 11 | She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold . |
| 12 | She sat at the breakfast bar and lit herself a cigarette . |
| 13 | Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais . |
| 14 | That first night when she was ready for bed , the maid dismissed , she sat at the dressing=table , moments , adjusting the lace jabot of her wrap . |
| 15 | Then she sat at the roll-top desk with the magazine in front of her , took a deep breath and lifted the receiver off its hook . |
| 16 | She sat at the foot of the bed , and appraised his muscular young body . |
| 17 | She sat at the front during seminars and posed questions to our tutor that were more like statements . |
| 18 | The farm workers took their seats , and she sat at the top of the table , so that she was with them , but a little apart . |
| 19 | That was it , Julia said to herself , as she sat at the big scrubbed table in the Florentine kitchen , all those years and a thousand miles away . |
| 20 | She sat at the table , eating bread and butter . |
| 21 | The words stuck in Folly 's mind , coming back to her next morning as she sat at the Rose Bowl 's work-table , preparing roses for conditioning by crushing the tips of their stems with a heavy mallet . |
| 22 | After making the tea she sat at the kitchen table to drink it , and was still sitting there when dawn broke . |
| 23 | Well , that makes two of us , Hilary thought with a little smile as she sat at the table . |
| 24 | When he had left Merrill breathed a sigh of relief , but as she sat at the dressing-table removing her make-up something inside her wept . |
| 25 | They suggested she sat at the front of the class , and her bright hand shot up to answer every question . |
| 26 | She sat at the side of the room , white with fear . |
| 27 | He grabbed her , reaching over to where she sat at the end of the sofa , turning her roughly by the arm so that she had to face him , had to look deep into his angry , ice-blue eyes . |
| 28 | Brushing her hair back , she sat at the desk , trying to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order . |
| 29 | With a brief wave Lindsey hurried along the corridor towards the consulting-room , where she sat at the desk , taking several deep breaths to compose herself before calling for her first patient . |
| 30 | For a long time she sat at the breakfast bar , gazing into space , searching for answers and finding none . |