Example sentences of "and sat [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went out , cut more branches , threw the dying ones away , and sat on through the afternoon , thinking . |
| 2 | He let his hand wander a little , and got it petulantly pushed away as she heaved herself out of the clutches of the chesterfield 's upholstery , and sat up on the edge of it . |
| 3 | Ruth swung her long tanned legs to the patio and sat up in the lounger where she had been soaking up the sun lasciviously for the past hour and irrationally telling herself that if Fernando Serra had really loved her he would n't have let her slip away from him so easily . |
| 4 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 5 | He stopped work , and sat back on the edge of the lawn . |
| 6 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 7 | his voice altering in pitch , Ajayi took a deep breath and sat back on the stool . |
| 8 | Midway through Friday afternoon , the early-shift newsreader watched the red transmission light die on her last bulletin of the day and sat back from the microphone with a sigh of relief . |
| 9 | Katherine blurted out the memorized address and sat back in the comfortable warmth of the car . |
| 10 | She felt very conscious of his presence , and it was with relief that she completed her task and sat back in the chair . |
| 11 | Thiercelin nodded and sat back amongst the upholstery . |
| 12 | She tiptoed across the aisle and sat down beside the motionless figure . |
| 13 | We walked out on to the large veranda and sat down with the lagoon spread out below and in front of us . |
| 14 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 15 | The burly bruiser got up , carried his toddy over and sat down opposite the bearded man , who listened to him muttering , then gave him a silver coin . |
| 16 | They collected steaming mugs of frothy coffee and sat down opposite the gleaming silver water boiler . |
| 17 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 18 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 19 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 20 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 21 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 22 | He tossed the empty packet onto the overflowing bin in the corner of the room and sat down at the table . |
| 23 | He stood glowering at her dangerously ; then abruptly shoved the cup on to the windowsill , among some geraniums that stood there in pots , and sat down at the table . |
| 24 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |
| 25 | Dexter dragged over a chair and sat down at the desk . |
| 26 | He found an old , broken chair and sat down at the piano . |
| 27 | He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano . |
| 28 | She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it . |
| 29 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 30 | Then he put more wood on the fire and sat down at the table again with his books . |