Example sentences of "she sat [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 2 | She sat up with difficulty and began to take gulps of air . |
| 3 | Then she remembered ; the car , the box , the head , she sat up with a start only to clatter back down again . |
| 4 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 5 | He could n't take his eyes off Zambia 's stomach which was revealed quite plainly as SHe sat up in bed . |
| 6 | Now , however , she sat up in bed and wondered , as she had been wondering for the last few days , what had happened to the spider . |
| 7 | She sat up in the bed and pulled the covers up to her armpits in an attempt to recoup a little of her dignity . |
| 8 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
| 9 | She sat up in horror . |
| 10 | She sat up in her web , pulled the keyboard to her and roused the computer , keeping it mute . |
| 11 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 12 | After a moment , she sat up in the cluttered bed and regarded him in mock annoyance . |
| 13 | Angry with herself , she sat up in bed , turned on the light ( wonderful electric light ) , and reaching for one of the three modern novels laid out for her , forced herself to read . |
| 14 | As soon as Nancy heard it , she sat up in her chair . |
| 15 | She sat up in bed , rubbed the sleep from her eyes and blew irritably at a hanging strand of her hair . |
| 16 | But the light that filtered through the curtains as she sat up in bed soon convinced her that , unlikely though it seemed , she really had left the discomforts of her hotel behind her for good . |
| 17 | She sat up in bed . |
| 18 | She sat up in a kind of horror , her feelings filling her up with shame . |
| 19 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
| 20 | But he was wrong , as Laura pointed out nine months later when she sat up in bed , proudly holding three-day-old David and James in her arms . |
| 21 | Confused , she sat up in bed raking her hair from her face . |
| 22 | She sat up in bed , freeing herself from Lowell 's arms . |
| 23 | Hired you , I mean , ’ he added in a steely tone , as she sat back into her seat again , thankful for seatbelts . |
| 24 | She sat back on the couch . |
| 25 | She sat back on her heels , pushing her hair back with her wrist as they raced up to her . |
| 26 | She sat back on the settee until she heard Kate 's key in the lock . |
| 27 | She sat back on her haunches , as the smear dried . |
| 28 | She sat back on her heels again . |
| 29 | She sat back on the sofa and motioned him beside her . |
| 30 | Halting , she sat back on her heels and just stared at him . |