Example sentences of "sit on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulls a face as if he 's just sat on a chicken , as Peter Cook has just asked him what 's the most boring job he 's ever had . |
| 2 | They told what an excellent trip it had been and how they had sat on a platform in the sunshine halfway across to eat their sandwiches with not another boat in sight . |
| 3 | Apart from that they could 've sat on a wall and done exactly the same thing , she was in the street . |
| 4 | Pretty much the same at the moment because I 'm I 'm sat on a couple of bills for Salford Council who I 'm sure can afford it for the moment . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 6 | Her bottom stung as if she 'd sat on a nest of hornets , but she wanted to show them she 'd survived . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've sat on a bilberry , ’ said Betty with satisfaction . |
| 8 | Quigley leaped into the air like a monkey that has sat on a bunsen burner and gave a sort of primal grunt . |
| 9 | Had she done so she would not have said a word , would not have looked a word , would simply have sat on the bed and talked to Tina for ten minutes instead of the two of them sitting opposite each other in armchairs . |
| 10 | Overall the unit worked very well but the initial feeling that it looked really smart slowly evaporated once it had sat on the desk for an hour or two . |
| 11 | It was from the vantage point of the Master 's Lodge , a family place , that Thomson , cheerful and generous , made his most distinctive contribution to university affairs , although he had already been active since the 1930s in adult education , as both a part-time tutor and a committee member , and from 1950 to 1958 he had sat on the council of the senate . |
| 12 | He said that the government had sat on the council figures which include injuries treated by GPs and first aid for two years . |
| 13 | THE Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh is packed with portraits of men and women who have sat on the throne , and others like Prince Charles Edward Stuart who have laid claim to it , but this week , for the first time , Holyroodhouse is holding an exhibition of pictures painted by the heir to the throne . |
| 14 | He said ooh , he said there was some American students here last week and they were all swimming in there and the man came along with this thing and they bo they were all sat on the middle lo middle of there with their feet dangling in the water splashing away , he said I was dragging this down and this six footer came out , I said , and then they were he said , you 've never seen anybody run so fast in your life like they go |
| 15 | I 've sat on the beach |
| 16 | Myles had sat on the edge of the chair with his hands clasped between his knees , listening to the legal measured tones , telling himself , I 'm not going to get it , I 'm not going to get it . |
| 17 | Sometimes , when she had been to a romantic film , or had been kissed good-night by Pogo , she had sat on the edge of her bed , staring at that dark , handsome , boy 's face and tried to conjure up the memory of his living presence . |
| 18 | His background was Presbyterian , his great-grandfather , Walter [ q.v. ] , and grandfather , Sir John , having sat on the parliamentarian side in the civil war . |
| 19 | At last a pick-up truck came bumping up the track , containing Giovanna 's fat and apparently unsatisfactory husband and a detachment of villagers , including the old men , Molly was sure , who had sat on the wall by the petrol pumps mocking her . |
| 20 | Some ideas are as follows : the first team to have everyone sat on the floor , first team to have everyone standing on one leg . |
| 21 | While the Doctor stalked about the room , or fiddled with the door , or argued with the guards , the three others had sat on the floor and exchanged their stories . |
| 22 | We are sat on the floor |
| 23 | They were all sat on the floor of one of the sparsely-furnished bedrooms , the curtains drawn , watching East Enders on a black-and-white telly , and they were eating Greek yoghurt out of a communal family-sized Sainsbury 's tub . |
| 24 | He had thought of Harry all the way out of Rome to Leonardo da Vinci , all the time that he had stood in the check-in line , all the time he had sat on the Alitalia , all the time he had stood at Customs and Immigration at Athens International , all the time in the taxi out to the Kifisia suburb . |
| 25 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
| 26 | ‘ Why could n't he have sat on the trolley like he always does ? ’ her husband said . |
| 27 | Very small children were sometimes sat on the cabin top and tied to the chimney to keep them safe . |
| 28 | Without any explanation , he jumped out and approached one of the Ayurvedic healers who for centuries have sat on the roadside here , surrounded by the ingredients of their trade : live iguanas whose fried juices are said to cure impotence ; ginseng for philtres used to spread or extinguish the fires of love ; tree bark to ward off a woman 's menopause ; the bringraj herb from the high Himalayas said to conquer baldness or thicken the beard of the most effete Sikh . |
| 29 | She had sat on the seat cover , resting her head on the porcelain of the washbasin , licking dry lips and bringing her breathing down . |
| 30 | I 've sat on the district management board of Health Authority for four years and watched Labour Councillors coming sometimes , often not coming at all , sitting there saying nothing , debating very little in the way of useful contributions until , I have to say , Councillor came along and er a er , sorry to get you unpopular with the rest of your colleagues |