Little doilies and smelly candles sat on every scrap of surface.

A few candles sit on a bench in the foyer.

Two candles sit on his desk because he hated electric light and never used it when he wrote.

A short yellowish candle and two oil cressets were sitting on the floor in front of it.

On a long board set with blazing candles sat a simple meal of joints and fowl.

A single candle sat upon a table of some darkly marbled stone.

Three candles and a bottle of Cognac sat on the ground where blood could still be seen.

Three candles - red, white and blue - sat under the concrete bench he died on, as a memorial to him.

Sitting in the middle of the basin was a large thick white candle, which the man lit.

For example, a candle will just sit there and nothing happens.