Example sentences of "and sat down [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt his foot slip under him and sat down with a jarring shock , landing uncomfortably on a spanner and a piece of plastic tubing . |
| 2 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 3 | He picked her up and sat down on a small settee , keeping his arm round her . |
| 4 | She found a jasmine-scented corner of garden at the side of the house and sat down on a rustic wooden seat , watching twittering birds come and go fearlessly around a hanging seed basket . |
| 5 | Someone else came into the room and sat down on a plain wooden chair to watch him struggle . |
| 6 | When fitzAlan stepped away from her and sat down on a nearby chair , hooking one booted foot over his knee and regarding her with grimly assessing eyes , her mind was clear once more , ready with the plan Matilda had outlined . |
| 7 | Then followed a battle of looks between them , but the captain soon put away his weapon and sat down like a beaten dog . |