Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] sit at [art] " in BNC.

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1 There , much to Dexter 's amazement , Blanche strode down some steps to the kitchen , where Beasley sat at a pine table nursing a glass of wine .
2 Anna and Sarah sat at the table , and the man stood and watched .
3 Evelyn and Dan sat at the breakfast bar .
4 For once , sunshine was slanting in ; and Ruth sat at the table , drawing with her finger round the shadow of the coffee cup — then abruptly got up , opened the basement door and went down the steps into the darkness .
5 In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list .
6 At dinner in the evenings , she and Stephen sat at the head and foot of the long dining table , with his mother between them , ignoring Tamar and monopolising her son 's attention .
7 I sat at one end of the table and Wallis sat at the other end .
8 It was absurd for her to be going on such an expedition She and Matthew sat at the back of the bus , and while they were bowling along into the country , with a beautiful view of the landscape , Matthew explained the history of the school forest .
9 We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella .
10 The next problem was how to deliver it , since I sat at the back in English ( our next lesson ) and Belinda sat at the front — which was how I knew that her hair touched her chair !
11 He and Bowyer sat at the high table , the Santerres and ourselves were treated as onlookers .
12 She and Giancarlo sat at a table with a distinguished-looking woman in her fifties , whose name Constance could not remember but who was referred to by everyone as Contessa , and her son , Pino , who laughed a lot and told Constance anecdotes about the other guests .
13 He and Helga sat at the back of the class , groping each other up in a flurry of smirks and giggles .
14 Now she walked into the kitchen as Lizzy sat at the breakfast bar and threw the diary in front of her .
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