Example sentences of "[noun pl] sit around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You get all those those yobbos sitting around the sort of er the you know . |
| 2 | Hamilton-Phillips says that most women carry a burden from their kindergarten days : ‘ Boys dominated the playground , girls sat around the side . |
| 3 | Then 30 minutes back home again and about another four hours sitting around the house before retiring to bed . |
| 4 | Despite the noise and the modern dress of the customers , it was not difficult to imagine men with clay pipes sitting around the hearth of The Black Dog on windy , wet nights . |
| 5 | Inside the shrine three men sat around the fire . |
| 6 | The meal was over , Queen Margaret and Lady Carey had withdrawn and we men sat around the large oaken table , drinking deeply from the wine bowl . |
| 7 | The women sitting around the room had begun to stir once they had seen the money . |
| 8 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 9 | Three young women sat around the edges of the room ; they looked bored and a little cold in their scanty bodices . |
| 10 | Some of the navvies formed noisy groups playing cards , others sat around the fires , singing . |
| 11 | One night , at home in the beach house he and Astrid , their son Alexander and I were sharing , Den had a few Scotches sitting around the piano and revealed a talent for playing ‘ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ’ with his nose . |