Example sentences of "[coord] sat at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Not only the members of the small governing class but every squire , tradesman and farmer who could afford to modernize or rebuild his house , even the parson , deputy of Christ , lived behind a façade which was conceived in the terms of a Classical Order , entered his home through a doorway deriving from the portico of a pagan shrine and sat at a hearth which resembled a miniature triumphal arch or an altar to the Lares . ’ |
2 | And so I decided to patronise the famous Café de la Paix ; but having little money and no head for alcohol , limited myself to ordering Perrier before lunch , and sat at a table on the pavement , watching the world go by . |
3 | The two women walked into the busy beach bar , ordered drinks , and sat at a table overlooking the sea . |
4 | She filled her plate and sat at a table by a window . |
5 | ‘ Colder than this , ’ Schellenberg told him as they moved out through French windows and sat at a table on the pleasant terrace . |
6 | Greg went out on the course with Laura about 11 PM and sat at the bleachers on the 18th with a bottle of champagne while he went over his round again . |
7 | Half an hour later , he went into the Lights of Lisbon and sat at the bar . |
8 | She spooned four heaped spoonfuls of sugar into it and some condensed milk and sat at the kitchen table . |
9 | A woman walked in and sat at the middle of the counter — Maxim had chosen the furthest end . |
10 | Alice made coffee , set around the mugs , and sat at the head of the table . |
11 | Athelstan went into the nave and sat at the base of a pillar , legs crossed , whilst he stared up at the high altar behind the rood screen . |
12 | We followed him outside and sat at the tin table under the tree . |
13 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
14 | Then he got pen and writing pad and sat at the table . |
15 | John slowly rose and sat at the table where he was soon joined by the two women . |
16 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |
17 | She took her early morning tea to the garden , and sat at the table to drink it . |
18 | Benjamin covered the woman 's face with a cloth and sat at the table . |
19 | Katy sighed and sat at the table beside him . |
20 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |
21 | He went and got his overcoat and put it on over his pyjamas and sat at the table smoking a cigarette . |
22 | William got in first , and sat at the front . |
23 | MacDiarmid waved him forward with a commanding sweep of his arm and he came and sat at the end of the table . |