1.   A cup stand consists of an easel to display the saucer of the cup sitting before it.

2.   He provides the feast for rejoicing, as well as the fine clothes for the banquet guests to sit before him.

3.   Later a hastily assembled identification parade of three sat before me.

4.   She was sitting before a mirror that was propped against a large pan on the stove.

5.   Whether they came on foot or in polished Ambassadors, the stream of guests sat before Nagji like supplicants.

6.   The Holmbergs were sitting before a roaring fire in the lounge, sipping their cocoa.

7.   Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past.

8.   Many people find that they get best results by pretending that they are sitting before a large screen.

9.   Sitting before a great oak fire, they recalled the events of the day, especially the strange message conveyed by Aunt Esther Gubbins.

10.   He sat before the computer and reached up his right hand to his other ear.