Example sentences of "he sat [adv] at the " in BNC.

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1 He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw .
2 He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number .
3 When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’
4 He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned .
5 When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy .
6 He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter .
7 He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’
8 He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper .
9 Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road .
10 ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there .
11 He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands .
12 ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm .
13 He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food .
14 Then he sat down at the table and started to work again .
15 He sat down at the table again and began to read .
16 ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table .
17 He sat down at the far end of the table .
18 He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below .
19 A long-serving backbencher ( and amateur detective who had recently helped to unmask the murderer of a woman MP whose body had been found hanging in a House of Commons lift ) , he sat uncomfortably at the back of the hall .
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