1.   For the most part, its patrons sat silently and drank darkly.

2.   At Starbucks, seven patrons sit around tables or in plush chairs sipping espressos and lattes.

3.   Patrons were sitting upright in the cars at the time.

4.   Patrons sit at long picnic tables, smashing well-seasoned crabs with wood blocks and swaying to the music of loud and lively rock bands.

5.   Patrons sit with faces leaning forward into a cushioned oval while a masseuse kneads their jet-lagged muscles.

6.   The orchestra played Wagner on a platform while the patrons sat all over the hillside.

7.   Twenty of so patrons sat around small tables below the stage.

8.   Upper-class patrons might sit onstage and publicly chat with the actors.