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settee
1. Tightening his lips hard to stop the curse that threatened to burst forth, he ripped across the material with the knife, exposing the interior of the settee
2. Ten minutes later, Marcos’ boss was forced to re-evaluate that statement as he surveyed the damaged settee
3. “Must have been stashed in the settee by someone,” Marcos said, uprighting the piece of furniture
4. He tossed the cushions onto the settee and grunted
5. Altaf sat down on the settee with a thump and lent forward, head in his hands
6. Coming back to her empty house, she sat on the settee with a cup of hot chocolate, going back over the past couple of years, wondering where it had all gone wrong
7. A dining area took up one section of the room, complete with a circular table with four chairs around it and a sideboard against the wall, and a corner by the windows boasted a sitting area with small sofa—a settee, really—and an overstuffed chair that was perfect for curling up with one of the throws that were scattered about
8. Russell sat in his recliner and the two astronauts shared the settee
9. the settee or even had a wash
10. When we returned with the milk [real milk, not the boiled, sterilised stuff they served up north in narrow necked bottles because no one had a refrigerator] two young women, also of the Chinese persuasion, were arranged over the settee – one good looking, the other plain of face but sweet of character
11. I sat beside their son on the settee, sipping weak tea and dunking rock cakes, wondering if they were insane, having me on, or delightfully liberal
12. She set them down on the coffee table in front of the settee
13. She had a little pet dog that never left her side and lay on the settee when it was vacated
14. Sue was sitting with a cup of coffee on the three-seater settee against the wall under the large double glazed window
15. They sat together on the settee in the lounge area, putting their drinks on the coffee table in front of them
16. ‘Be my guest,’ he said, taking a sip of wine and leaning back on the settee
17. settee as were the clothes they were wearing
18. Dare I guess?” Freda patted the seat next to her on the settee
19. Angela turned the corner with a bit of optimism as Samuel’s voice sounded somewhat normal but as she turned the corner of his parlor and his settee came into view, she saw the full effects of his injuries, and she gasped! There was not much of his body that was not covered either in a cast or splint
20. “Cuddled up on the settee, reading
21. “It will be a tight squeeze, but no tighter than it was on Sir Richard’s settee
22. You didn’t seem uncomfortable on the settee
23. I sat on the settee in the HIC
24. She pushed him into their room and placed him in the parlor by the settee where she sat and quietly removed her gloves
25. When the elevator doors opened and without waiting for Feltus who fell several steps behind her, Elizabeth proceeded into the corridor leading to the quiet lobby where she instinctively stopped by a settee and partially turned towards the windows with the exposure of the sea
26. Finding nothing in the bedroom closets or the bath, Feltus once again checked the window that was still locked and smiled with satisfaction, though as he started to leave the room he instinctively knelt with tremendous difficulty to check under the bed; to his delight there was nothing there as well, so he slowly arose, clinging to the poster at the foot of the bed to maintain his balance, and returned to the parlour where Charles was sitting on the edge of the settee, waiting anxiously for the inspector
27. ” He pointed towards the Victrola on an intricately carved mahogany stand opposite the settee
28. The foyer was totally dark as Feltus, followed close by Lowell who had drawn his revolver from beneath his jacket, cautiously entered and quickly glanced behind the door before flipping the switch for the chandelier that filled the area with immense, twinkling light, which contrasted with the dark parlour where only a single lamp by the settee adjacent to the painting futilely attempted to push back the shadows in which evil seemed to lurk
29. Thorn, who was sitting alone on a small settee in the far corner of the
30. Van Thorn violently slammed his fist on the arm of the settee, causing
31. “Come in and sit on the settee, Mr
32. settee in the lounge
33. the settee in his office
34. on his office, a high desk and low settee
35. She moved away from the table and sat on the settee
36. She handed him a scotch and they sat down together on the settee
37. When she had gone he let go of Amanda and lent over the settee
38. He had moved in while Clarissa was away and she had hoped it would be permanent, so Amanda sat squeezed into the corner of the settee and continued to watch the TV when he came into the room
39. He sat on the settee in the opposite corner but he was still near enough for her to smell his after-shave or body lotion or whatever it was
40. Billy kicked off his shoes and collapsed on the settee while Samuel started a log fire in the fireplace
41. In the back corner was a deep goldenrod and emerald green brocade settee
42. Angelo helped her sit down on a deep goldenrod and emerald green brocade settee in the back corner of the room, then lifted her feet as she leaned her back and head against the overstuffed arm
43. on the settee, struggling to unscramble a host of thoughts racing through his mind
44. Matt moved to the edge of the settee and in a barely audible voice
45. Outside on a settee, we could see in the corridor a man waiting, restless and ill at ease
46. He moved the settee and was on his knees in a corner
47. Carefully he started to bore through the plaster and lath back of the settee and to one side of where the divan must have been
48. "What do you think of this, Miss Kendall?" I asked, moving the settee out of her way
49. A young man was sitting, taking tea, on a sumptuous red settee
50. The empty remains of his meal were still on the settee from the evening before