1.   She sat reading by the light of the fire.

2.   She sat reading her paper, looking for all the world as if nothing had happened.

3.   Simon sat reading a magazine, chuckling to himself.

4.   While the twins played cards, Francis sat reading.

5.   Well I think she felt, as they went I was sitting reading all about horoscopes but they did win.

6.   Along the promenade, people sat reading the papers, biking and skating.

7.   Behind one gate, an elderly woman, her head wrapped with a kerchief, sat reading to three small children.

8.   A middle-aged, overweight man sits reading a tourist guide to the Greek Islands.

9.   Dan walked slowly to the place where Howard sat reading.

10.   During a meeting in January, he appeared so uninterested in the half-hour proceedings that he sat reading the Los Angeles Times.