Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought of sitting down to wait for a break in the storm but that could have been all night so he struggled on downhill , angling a little to the left , until he met the treeline at the bottom of the meadow . |
| 2 | We 'd sit around chatting for a bit then go on to whatever was happening that evening . |
| 3 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 4 | I got some quiet music and sat down to listen for a minute . |
| 5 | She put a red plastic bowl on the refrigerator floor and sat down to wait for the ice to melt . |
| 6 | After positioning the wad in my cheek I sat around waiting for the hit , feeling smug with my new-found anthropological skills . |
| 7 | The professionals sat around waiting for the gentlemen to return before the match was called off . |