Example sentences of "she sat [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat up in the bed and pulled the covers up to her armpits in an attempt to recoup a little of her dignity . |
| 2 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 3 | After a moment , she sat up in the cluttered bed and regarded him in mock annoyance . |
| 4 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
| 5 | She sat back on the couch . |
| 6 | She sat back on the settee until she heard Kate 's key in the lock . |
| 7 | She sat back on the sofa and motioned him beside her . |
| 8 | She sat back on the bed , looking around her thoughtfully . |
| 9 | When the old lady was helped into a newly made-up and just warmed bed , with clean sheets and blankets , and a coverlet of soft down unearthed from a trunk in the attics and hung outside to air , she sat back against the bank of lace-edged pillows and burst into a paroxysm of dry sobs . |
| 10 | There was no arguing with him , and it was very pleasant to have someone caring , so she sat back in the seat without further protest . |
| 11 | She sat back in the sun and closed her eyes . |
| 12 | ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me . |
| 13 | She sat back in the white plastic chair , fanning herself with her napkin . |
| 14 | Her pulse rate had slowed to somewhere near normal ; she sat back in the creaking wooden chair in a deliberate effort to appear relaxed , and returned his smile . |
| 15 | ’ She sat back in the driving seat , a neat , competent figure in a deep green spring suit as modest and suave as her own creamy countenance . |
| 16 | She sat back in the large , embracing armchair and took another mouthful of the splendid Spanish omelette . |
| 17 | She sat back in the seat as she racked her brain before coming to just one conclusion : Harry Martin . |
| 18 | She sat down on the floor and took great heaving breaths as though she had come up a hill with a burden beyond her strength . |
| 19 | She sat down on the bed . |
| 20 | Marie felt her legs give way beneath her , she sat down on the edge of the pavement , feet in the gutter , doubled-up , sick and winded as if someone had punched her in the stomach . |
| 21 | SHe sat down on the bed . |
| 22 | She sat down on the edge of the worktop . |
| 23 | Then there was silence and she sat down on the chest , weeping and shaking . |
| 24 | Her long , strong legs folded under her and she sat down on the rug in the hallway and sobbed to her heart 's content , while Alex patted her shoulder and wondered if he really understood his sister at all . |
| 25 | Feeling that she could not move her left arm or leg , she sat down on the stairs . |
| 26 | She sat down on the other side of the desk . |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't forgotten how the Dalesfolk talk , you see , Mam , ’ she teased , as she sat down on the bench next to her mother . |
| 28 | She sat down on the heavily bolstered arm of a brocade chair opposite her hostess . |
| 29 | Then she sat down on the bed , took off her hat and eased her patent leather pumps off her rapidly swelling feet . |
| 30 | She sat down on the bench opposite to him and looked at his fat baby face , which was now showing some concern . |