1.   A pleated white paper fan perched in the empty grate below.

2.   They sat in armchairs in a low-beamed room at the front while Archer perched in a rocking chair.

3.   Victorine perched in the darkness on a wooden bench with no back, feet dangling over the steep invisible ground.

4.   ...buildings perched incongruously in a high green valley.

5.   Real animals are dotted around here and there among the hypothetical monsters, each perched in its own unique place in genetic hyperspace.

6.   An amendment that would have removed the federal provision was narrowly defeated during the debate, which included two interruptions by protesters perched in the gallery.

7.   And an ex-Mets manager, Joe Torre, has the Yankees perched in first place in the American League East.

8.   And there was the TV, perched in a nook in the wall.

9.   And the Patriots, perched in first place in the American Football Conference East, were waiting.

10.   Back from the beach, flocks of white ibis perched in green copses scattered over the dunes.