After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.

他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一个上午后便放弃了。

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The photograph shows him sitting at his desk.

在这张照片里，他坐在书桌旁边。

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Flashback to Michael's office, he's sitting at his desk looking over the schematics for a set of bleachers.

镜头闪回到Michael的办公室，他坐在办公台前研究着一组看台的结构图。

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He was sitting at his desk so it was very hard to get him out with all the rubble and wood around him,"

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On Tuesday an important recovery by Mexican rescue workers: the body of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Haiti, Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot, found sitting at his desk in the Catholic compound.

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In Soho Square, Sir Joseph Banks was sitting at his desk, pondering a globe.

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Sitting at his desk, working for his family business, he realised that only Indian snack food or curries, or five-star hotel lunches, were on offer for his lunch.

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Instead, sitting at his desk, he pared and pared.

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