The colonel working the controls was sitting right next to him, and was already doing just that.

That same evening, the colonel is sitting at a table in the café.

And it did not surprise him that the colonel sat alone.

The colonel sat and stared at me in silence.

The colonel sat and stared out the window for a minute or two once he was alone again.

The colonel sat on the foot of the bed and glanced up at the tube.

The colonel sat behind him on a carpet before a low table.

Then the colonel sat forward, folding his hands on the desk.

The colonel sat back in his chair and looked at the pair hard.

The colonel sat behind his desk, and there was a chair at the center of the room reserved for the stranger.