Example sentences of "he sat down [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 2 | She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him . |
| 3 | Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him . |
| 4 | He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet . |
| 5 | He sat down with a sigh , rubbing one hand over his eyes . |
| 6 | Then he sat down with a cup of coffee . |
| 7 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 8 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 9 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 10 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 11 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 12 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 13 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 14 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |
| 15 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 16 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 17 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 18 | He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands . |
| 19 | ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm . |
| 20 | He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food . |
| 21 | Then he sat down at the table and started to work again . |
| 22 | He sat down at the table again and began to read . |
| 23 | He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below . |
| 24 | He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper . |
| 25 | Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road . |
| 26 | He sat down on a log and tried to perform what he thought of as the vanishing act , whereby you became insofar as it was possible a part of the surroundings : breathing , seeing , hearing only — merely an aspect of the place , a dimension , like the robin or the moss-covered log or the leafmould on which his feet rested . |
| 27 | He sat down on a sofa which he realised was slightly longer than his cubicle in the lodging house . |
| 28 | He sat down on a stone and put his head in his hands . |
| 29 | He sat down on a chair with his back to the window and lit a cigarette . |
| 30 | He sat down on a chair and took a guitar in his hands , but he did n't play it . |