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I sat on his desk and observed with rapture his flourished signature, convoluted and swirling like the trills of a coloratura soprano.

She sat on it, but it was a weak chair, and she was a heavy girl. The chair broke, and Goldilocks fell on the floor.

The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet and, since the Clinton years, has sat on the United States National Security Council.

I had sat on my couch looking at pictures of men in turbans , and I had been frightened.

He and I sat on a wooden bench outside the KB Toys Store watching the kids as they ran wildly in and out of the store.

He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

I climbed through the skylight and sat on the edge of it, pistol in hand and with a bold front.

I remember that at the end of one of those sessions, a student counselor with a tongue stud sat on a table taking questions.

And upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.

I couldn't stay sat on it; it was smaller and less stable than I thought. And I couldn't pull my legs up; they hurt too much.

The sixty-five-year, old woman, Kuttu Bai, sat on the funeral pyre with the head of her dead husband on her lap.

Banks that received bailout funds sat on their money, rather than lend it out to consumers or home buyers.

He sat on a stoop a few doors down, not wanting Tom to see him out the window and think him a nerd for arriving early.

I, said the Thrush, As she sat on a bush, I'll sing a psalm.

He was kneeling on the seat, looking out of the train window and talking to his mother, who sat on the aisle.

If you sat on her lap at night, the statue would come to life and crush you to death in her dark embrace.

In a huff, he sat on the sofa, smoking cigarettes while waiting for his wife back side of the accounts.

She sat on the bidet soaping herself and talked to me pleasantly about this and that; she liked the knickerbockers I was wearing.

I felt as if I had been sat on by someone heavy for a long time and emerged crushed in spirit and, oddly, in body too.

Henry sat on a seat on top, like the driver of a horse-drawn carriage, and steered with a sort of bar.

Kim was trying to read the letter and Sammie had just sat on a chair like she was in shock.

I sat on the front step for at least 10 minutes and next thing you know my motorbike came around the corner with the receptionist riding it.

His house sat on ten acres, and his life's goal was to make it a forest.

He made a fire, beginning with small pieces of wood and adding larger ones. He sat on a snow-covered log and ate his lunch.

He sat on the bed and held one of her high heels as he looked at a recent statement.

And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

The young woman in the drawing sat on her park bench and with twinkling eyes smiled broadly at me.

After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.

He walked up to it, opened the door, and sat on the passenger's seat.

and although she was a little afraid at first, she soon got warmed up and sat on the edge of the mantelpiece and began to talk.

I sat on the bed and stared at the wall and got scared that I would never be in love again in my life.

Tyrone and I sat on our couch in Salt Lake City and said, "I feel you" to the memory of Baltimore, to illness, to realism.

And on an appointed day Herod arrayed himself in royal clothing and sat on the judgment seat; and he delivered a public address to them.

Each girl sat on her three-legged stool as she milked, her right cheek resting on the cow's body, watching Tess arrive.

I leaned against the tree trunk as you sat on the fork, opened your red lips, and in a low voice began to sing the Song of Mei Niang.

A well-dressed man in a suit sat on a bench in Central Park, his head bowed, his hands clasped between his knees.

Stroll for a while, I feel a little tired, they sat on the bridge to see Square.

A small test Invigilators she sat on the rostrum , we do not answer back on the number of boys lie on the table, eyes straight to see her.

If they happened to crawl under my dress or I sat on them accidentally they would punish me with a sting that made me shriek with pain.

At last he came to a stream. He sat on the bank and dipped his feet in the cool water.

Take 'Humpty Dumpty sat on a. . . ' Even this snippet of a nursery rhyme reveals how much languages can differ from one another.

"Sunday sat on her bed and watched us. She was into it, " she said. Then she laughed. "Well, she didn't tell us to stop. "

When it was time to leave, he very routinely jumped into the passenger side of my car and sat on the carpet waiting patiently for me.

In announcing the company's losses back in October 2008, the then-chairman, Larry Yung, said the company had sat on the news for six weeks.

The little duchess sat on her aluminum throne at the dinner table, in the wondrous light of a candle.

A bit of sand sat on the bottom.

Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.

Buddy panted heavily as he sat on his throne, getting used to his new crown and cape as photographers snapped his picture.

All of the chickens in the hen house sat on perches, closed their eyes and got ready to sleep.

Jack sat on the fence for weeks before he made up his mind to go out for baseball instead of track.

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

At the end, I sat on a bench where I started. Jack sat down next to me, As he completed his lAst lap and wAs slowly unwinding.

A young wife sat on a sofa on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother.

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet.

Plastic pouches of it were piled up to one side and vitamins sat on his bedside table.

Tears were just coming out of my eyes and I wanted to feel the vibrations, so I sat on the floor.

He began to feel it irksome and awkward, but still he sat on because he could not get up and go.

One day, I put the doll to bathe, her mother not to wash, I sat on the floor, "wow, wow, " crying, my mother had to agree.

In the rental area, an attendant, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, sat on his haunches to help outfit a young skier.

Things reached the point where the two groups sat on opposite sides of the church, glaring across the aisle.

There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it.

So the Rat went away, and sat on the river bank in the sun, and made up a song about them, which he called 'DUCKS' DITTY.

He climbed up on my knees and I said, "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. "

I sat on a blue couch, his head is Wisteria frame, it will have to wait until summer to open it.

Jack sat on the fence for a week last spring before he finally joined the track team instead of the baseball team.

Who'll sing a psalm? I, said the Thrush, As she sat on a bush, I'll sing a psalm.

1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals.

Della doubled the fob chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the table near the door that he always entered.

The New York Times endorsed that candidate while they sat on this story, and now with utter predictability they are trying to destroy him.

The day before her surgery, Ms. Jonas sat on her bed, anxiously eyeing the other women as they were wheeled back from the operating room.

Then, during a maths lesson, she walked to the front of the class and sat on his lap as he sat at his desk.

He is still lying face down, the children sat on his side, guarding him.

She turned slowly. An old, white battered truck sat on her perfectly manicured lawn just behind her. The engine was hot and grumbling.

She had servants gather bees into a box then she shook the box and sat on top of it!

Laundered baths , a tea service , four packets sat on the sofa and began to say things .

The child sat on the side of the pool, dabbling his feet in the water.

When he got there, she showed him into a small and dimly lit room where they sat on a couch and watched a suggestive television program.

I loaded my bike into the front carriage and sat on a bench next to a small compartment that had "conductor" written in English on the door.

The legislators who sat on the right side were referred to as the party of the Right, or rightists .

And every night she sat on the edge of her bed and changed the bandages on her badly ulcerated leg sores.

I sat on our scratchy brick stoop, dangling my legs off the edge, feeling more rootless than I "ve ever felt. "

Berenice sat on the side of the bed and began to cry softly to herself.

But, she wasn't in a hurry from oversleeping . She sat on top of the bed with her feet dangling.

The Temple of the Dragon sat on an island in the middle of a weed-choked lake, connected to the city by a narrow stone bridge.

There was a strange countenance to his silence, to the way he sat on the pew, looking at the boys intently.

While he sat on the edge of the bed, dosing himself with his argyrol, I put away the sandwich and cheese with the aid of a little wine.

and his daughter, frightened almost out of her senses, sat on the edge of her chair, not knowing which way to look.

Surprisingly, nothing was said and Andy nodded his head as he sat on the cot.

The stool she sat on was without a back or foot-rest, and she began to feel uncomfortable.

One client, he says, sat on her bed and shivered with emotion as he sorted through her wardrobe.

He took the mulled cider, then sat on one of the couches, his heart still beating rapidly.

"Sylvia Jives. " Sylvia rolled her eyes. "J-I-V-E-S" She walked over to the empty area and sat on a cushion. The coaches didn't care.

He sat on the bed taking off his shoes. Struck by a happy thought he transferred the policeman to San Francisco, and then went to bed.

He sat on the bank and was feeling a very sad man because he had lost his only axe.

As I was beginning to feel cold, I went to my room, sat on my bed and waited to see if the noise would come again.

And he said, "Bon jour my friend, " to the quick red squirrel who sat on his tail and bit into a walnut.

Jean Valjean had sat on the previous evening . As he ate his breakfast , Monseigneur Welcome remarked gayly to his sister.

" Should be. " Zhou Lijun also belted, looked round also sat on the bed of the sea, " when you find yourself like a man? "

However, micro-payment did not smile, she sat on the sofa, Ken Zhao Meng's own thumb nail, the nail that are eating too bare.

He sat on the edge of her bed and studied her face searching for his beloved "Bubbe" and wondering if she'd ever return.

He sat on a float that the whale could have smashed with a flip of her tail.

However, I feel is more lonely, a man sat on the grass in a daze, also don't know what you think in mind.

One home, he saw the door and broke to pieces of a motorcycle, feeling very frustrated, so he sat on the toilet to remove the smoke.

Turned away from it all like a blind man. Sat on a fence, but it don't work. I keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn.

The power having been cut, people stepped out of their offices and sat on the stairs of the office building.

Auris walked down to the front lip of the shell and sat on it, dangling her legs. llc joined her there.

In the end I was dispatched for a secondary inspection in a room where I sat on a metal bench next to a tattooed man in handcuffs.

The 25-year old man was grabbed by his left leg as he sat on his surfboard Monday evening.

It sat on his easel by the window overlooking the garden. For months David sat curled up naked on the floor beneath the easel, with his dog.

I sat on a park bench near a willow tree. I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an after thought.

I sat on a park bench near a willow tree. I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an after thought.

I sat on the step of our front door watching the seagulls wheel and fly and sail on the wind.

How marvelous were my fancied adventures as I sat on a hard park bench pretending to be immersed in a trembling book.

In a circle down, I feel a little tired, sat on a chair on the roadside, while fruit juice drink, while enjoying the surrounding scenery.

"The friends with whom I sat on graduation day have been my friends for life, " she said.

A dark angel sat on my left shoulder and reminded me that I could hit a baseball farther than anyone in my class.

The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them.

She sat on the bank exhaustedly , cried And shrank into herself as a little animal.

More than two years ago, we sat on the pavement of a bridge in Congjiang, Guizhou, with two bottles of beer under a starry sky.

This week, he sat on the spot of her death, telling the story with a matter-of-fact, almost cheerful air.

This week, he sat on the spot of her death, telling the story with a matter-of-fact, almost cheerful air.

If I had my life to live over, I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.

Whoever squeezed the loo into the gap by the sink probably never sat on it, you needed a friend to help you get up and out of the gap.

You sat on a rock, smooth, cracked, where the sun must for century upon century, without any regret, have cracked it.

Finnigan, Seamus, the sandy haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for nearly a minute before it declared him a Gryffindor.

divers sat on the bottom of a pool in Germany to play a card game for 36 hours, in a bid to set a new world record.

Sometimes a mouse sat on Walt's desk when he was at work, He drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon.

Beside himself with happiness, the fiddler Sat. on Kunta's three-legged stool, fiddle across his lap, and went on babbling.

He is really cold-blooded. A girl cried for help before him, but he just sat on his hands.

The little children sat on the sledge steadily with their elder brother pulling from in the front.

The little children sat on the sledge steadily with their elder brother pulling from in the front.

I got out, called my Luoyang friend to tell him that I'd arrived, and sat on the curb stone to wait for him.

Jonas obeyed him. Weeping, shuddering, he sat on the edge of the bed. He would not look at The Giver.

After our's was repaired, this other fridge sat on our porch for two and a half years, waiting to be collected.

He sat on the mast of a large vessel and watched the sailors hauling big chests out of the hold with ropes.

Now he sat on the veranda of the politician's house. If you wanted to see the politician, you paid him fifty rupees first.

We made bonfire, sat on the ground, perturbed in mind, but pretending to be strong, praying secretly for a safe night.

The sturdy little boy, with curls like his mother's, sat on his knee.

Mohnish brought along his wife and two daughters, who sat on either side of Buffett.

When he got back he sat on the edge of his bed, took off his shoes and threw them on the floor.

When he got back he sat on the edge of his bed, took off his shoes and threw them on the floor.

But that night she sat on the top of the stairs with her head on her crossed arms and cried.

Emily loved the idea, but she sat on her hands for two weeks.

The teachers and parents sat on chairs while the children watched from the blue carpet that surrounded the small stage.

I was hold a cup of hot water and sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the floor silently with my eyes dully fixed for some five minutes.

A crow had stolen apiece of meat ahd sat on a tree branch ready to eat it.

As he sat on his bunk that final night, butterflies fluttered in his stomach.

They sat on the plan until it was too late to carry it out.

As Mr. Randi sat on a chair, the two men tightly bound his arms to his thighs with a rope.

A little behind them, there sat on the trunk of a cannon, Nesvitsky, who had been despatched by the commander-in-chief to the rear-guard.

A little behind them, there sat on the trunk of a cannon, Nesvitsky, who had been despatched by the commander-in-chief to the rear-guard.

I sat on a nearby bench, feeling the air turn humid, and a dragonfly landed on my shoulder.

As long as I sat on the master position, we have to start well, come here, come here, I will take care of you and your son.

We used to drink so much. I'd have a bottle of wine under the chair my amp was sat on and I'd swig my way through that.

Though visibly nervous and shaking at times, Chanel posed for photographers as she sat on a red mini-sofa.

he did it languidly , and , when he had finished , sat on the edge of the bed staring blankly before him.

It was only a jape, ser, she thought, but she sat on one of the pillows just the same.

She sat on a bench and tried to calm herself, looking at trees, at a Brown glimpse of the river.

She sat on her chair during change overs and worried " Does Serena have enough sports drink" Guess not.

The two beauties sat on the boat and watched Eric performing wake-boarding.

The two beauties sat on the boat and watched Eric performing wake-boarding.

Since Japanese traditionally slept and sat on tatami mat floors, furniture did not play the strong role it did in the West.

The sad mother sat on the roadside, shouting as she was crying.

Two giants sat on the outskirts of the group, casting massive shadows over the scene, their faces cruel, rough-hewn like rock.

He climbed up the wheat-rick and sat on the top, beating down the flames with the branch.

They sat on the couch with their glasses in their hands and remained in silence for a while until Rick finally broke the ice.

The children sat on the green grass and watched the pretty flowers.

The album Renee had given me sat on the floor beside the bed, just where I'd put it last. I lifted the cover with a shaking hand.

Each white man who attended the fight dropped his share of the pot into a hat that sat on the concrete floor.

the vultures, bare-necked, heavy, sat on the top of the tree waiting for the carrion to come floating down the river.

the vultures, bare-necked, heavy, sat on the top of the tree waiting for the carrion to come floating down the river.

So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him.

The speckled gophers crept out of their holes, sat on their hind legs, and made the steppe resound with their whistle.

The little girl spread the ground- stone with her handkerchief and then sat on.

The kids sat on the operator's lap and took turns at the controls, guiding the boom as it swung above the rooftops on Northern Hills Drive.

The benches were still a little damp, so I sat on my jacket, glad to have a use for it.

Once, Edison saw some hens hatching chicks. For the sake of research, he sat on some eggs for a day in full attention.

On Monday, September 15th 2008, he sat on his stool and watched Lehman employees filing glumly out of the building.

He sat on the edge of his bed. The bills were still there and the photo of the kid with the dreams.

By 1 a. m. Life Bar was mostly empty; a few older men sat on the leather banquettes in the long, narrow space.

They sat on forms, while Nana lay on the floor, but that was the only difference.

By 1 a. m. Life Bar was mostly empty; a few older men sat on the leather banquettes in the long, narrow space.

Instead, he sat on the doorstep sobbing. "They are leaving for Xiamen tomorrow, and I don't want to let them go, " he cried.

He sat on the edge of her bed, brushed her hair with his hand and gently kissed her on the cheek.

At snack time, the children sat on logs and munched on carrots and nuts while Ms. Kluge told them about the life cycle of toads.

orange light that continues to spread, and diffuse over the trees, crops have been diffuse and diffuse-off, I sat on the hillside.

Peter sat on the train, with his eyes fixed on the fields outside the windows.

Hence, I sat on the ground to depend on, father, mother and I had no choice but to buy me a pineapple ping2 shuo wear an ice-sucker.

I thought I sounded great but the audience really sat on their hands - I tell you I never want to come back to this lousy place!

Slim, wearing a rust-coloured satin vest over a pale blue silken gown, the girl sat on the edge of the bed reading beside an oil lamp.

Slim, wearing a rust-coloured satin vest over a pale blue silken gown, the girl sat on the edge of the bed reading beside an oil lamp.

I sat on it, or held it in my hand, or carried it around the apartment, clutching it like child's security blanket.

As the two sat on the ground, they felt a faint vibration, then heard a drumming sound, which quickly grew louder and louder.

Mr Smith took his place at the head of the table with a malevolent look at his cousin who sat on his right.

The asymmetric SAT is a SAT on its side. The pilot turns sideways over the glider. Another name for asymmetric SAT is dynamic SAT.

He chased the kid down the street, tackled him and sat on him until the police showed up.

She sat on the stool beside the till and wept, for the injustice of the world and the weakness of her own nature.

Timothy sat on his chair with the little mirror in his hand, feeling very happy.

Took a few steps back, and sat on the comfortable and ocean-like chair.

An hour later, my husband and I were tired and then we sat on the lawn on the playground and watched my son playing his kite.

said the pewter soldier, who sat on the drawers.

Then I had a long chat with my little mother as she sat on the bed.

I walked into the glass-enclosed room and sat on the couch across from his desk.

A month ago Mr Krugman and I sat on a panel convened in New York to discuss the financial crisis.

The next time that fly came and sat on the old man's nose , the monkey hit it hard with the stone .

Mr. white went into his usual tea shop one morning and sat on one of the seats at the counter.

So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established.

The man says to you, in the bathroom, sat on the toilet to call you.

One banker recently described a pitch meeting with CIC in which a seconded colleague sat on the other side of the negotiating table.

When I needed his help the most, he simply sat on his hands.

All spring she sat on her nest, keeping her five bid eggs warm under her feathers.

General Powell sat on the sofa, smoking side of the side next to the study looked at the daughter of the more Yue Kan daughter does not own.

For the greater part of the time, by command of the officers, the men sat on the ground.

It was a warm morning and Melanie sat on the vine-shaded porch, her mending basket piled high with socks.

We all sat on the floor overlooking a big garden with a banyan tree, a few mango trees, the bright bougainvillaea and the growing palms.

All sping she sat on her nest, keeping her five bid eggs warm under her feathers.

She sat on his bed with her hand on his chest and wept.

Compare, "There she sat" on pg. 202 to "There she was" at the end of Mrs. Dalloway. What happens in both scenes?

The world expo is using the rest stool made of scrap recycling, looks both beautiful and sat on it also pretty comfortable.

Only a few years ago, most people in China sat on the sidelines, preferring to keep cash safe in the bank.

The house sat on the left side of the brick path, the backyard at the end of it.

Then the brahmin who begged for his food approached the Blessed One, exchanged friendly greetings and sat on a side.

Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying.

Marissa Cooper sat on a bench in a small, deserted park, huddled against the cold wind that swept over theGreenHarbor wharf.

So the big rabbit sat on his hind feet. He reached the top of the basket.

Ki-Adi-Mundi was an alien representative who sat on the Jedi Council.

We sat on the beach, watching waves coming over and over again, enjoying pure fish and chips as well!

The old woman sat on a kitchen chair trembling and shaking, and warmed her hands against the teapot.

Next morning, the swallow sat on the prince's shoulder telling him what was happening in the city.

It was not long before they came upon Owen. He sat on a tree stump, holding his broken sword and looking ashamed.

The baby woke up after a while, and then peacefully sat on my knees, listening to us talk.

In the back of his truck three teenage Taliban sat on sacks of rice and flour donated by other villagers.

When you sat on that veranda overlooking the valley, there were the long shadows of the morning.

A woman in a blue T-shirt sat on the bed and sobbed uncontrollably.

A few sat on the secondhand furniture in the makeshift common areas and chatted with the protesters.

She sat on the chair; he was never going to be alone and not felt lonesome any more.

He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!

A cat and a rat sat on the mat. They were having a chat. The cat was happy and the rat was sad.

Some protesters sat on the roadway, chanting "Let us go, " while others chanted and yelled at police from the pedestrian walkaway above.

And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

The cat sat on the sill and looked out of the window.

Birds sat on his head, bees stung him. But he didn't move.

The woman sat on the chair with a baby in her arms.

She sat on the chair he was never going to be along and not felt long some any more.

I sat on the bed for a while, silent and confounded.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school.

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Father had gone off to care for sick people, and Mother sat on my cot with her arm around my shoulder.

Mrs. Fox locked herself in her room, and her maid, Miss Cat, sat on the hearth and cooked.

After breakfast, I go back to the room, shut the door, exhausted, as a sat on the bed.