Example sentences of "[adv] she sit [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold . |
2 | Jessie was already in bed but not asleep , and so she sat on the side of the bed and , her voice just a whisper , she said , ‘ Listen . ’ |
3 | Sometimes she sat on the end of his divan if she could n't sleep and tried to wake him up to talk , but he slept with the heaviness of the very thin , and her weight on the divan made it sag and creak in a way that embarrassed her . |
4 | Then she sits on the floor at Suzie 's feet . |
5 | Then she sat on the bed , trying not to wince as Louise rubbed cream into her thighs and pounded at them enthusiastically . |
6 | Then she sat on the bed next to Sarah . |
7 | And she teased her out and straightened her up a little , and then she went over to the makeup table and tore off a length of the soft toilet roll that she used instead of Kleenex , and then she sat on the floor beside Lucy and put her arm around her shoulders . |
8 | Then she sat on the parapet atop the wide stairway and waited . |
9 | Signe brought me coffee in a pot with a felt cover that had eyes and a nose , then she sat on the edge of my bed holding a silly conversation with the felt cover while I drank my coffee . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |