Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 2 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 3 | Jane Pargeter said , nodding towards her open drinks cabinet , even before Blanche and Dexter had time to sit down on the black leather armchairs in her sitting-room . |
| 4 | At eleven o'clock the following morning , Buzz sat down on the blue chair by Elinor 's bedroom window , pulled the kitchen timer from the pocket of her navy cotton dress , and set it to twenty minutes : the mechanism began to tick in an irritating way . |
| 5 | I have just sat down on the wet grass when everyone around me starts to move swiftly in the direction of the wooded area just visible through the mist and gloom . |
| 6 | Laura cried , struggling to sit up on the wide leather rear seat of the large car , where she had been so unceremoniously tossed only a moment before . |
| 7 | On the other side of Pottery Bridge , carrying the A639 , a sizable marine vessel sits up on the right bank . |
| 8 | I do n't sit in on the general meeting , no . |
| 9 | He sat down on the far side of the room and I caught only a brief view of him through the dancers , but it was undoubtedly Ralph Pike still at large . |
| 10 | She sat down on the low wall . |
| 11 | In Hebrews chapter 10 verse 4 we read ‘ it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins ’ ( referring to the Old Testament sacrifices ) but in verse 12 we read ‘ But this man , after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever , sat down on the right hand of God . ’ |
| 12 | WHEN HE HAD BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS , sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high . ’ |
| 13 | I sat down on the only patch of turf |
| 14 | Chrissie sat down on the bare floorboards , and watched the haggard features of the man she loved . |
| 15 | He sat down on the bare rock and shook his head . |
| 16 | So when the Trunchbull sat down on the Golden Syrup , the squelch was beautiful . |
| 17 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 18 | She sat down on the battered settle and opened the letter . |
| 19 | Ajayi sat down on the small stool on the other side of the table . |
| 20 | " Well , " Graham said awkwardly as Sara sat down on the small bed , " that 's us told . " |
| 21 | She sat down on the other side of the desk . |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know you were home , ’ said Terry , as he sat down on the adjacent bed . |
| 23 | Philip sat down on the wet scree thinking about the War , and Arnhem where Great Uncle John had been killed . |
| 24 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |
| 25 | I sat down on the wooden bed . |
| 26 | He sat down on the wooden chair and I sat on the bed . |
| 27 | Aggie sat down on the wooden chair and drew Millie close to her side as the woman at the far side of the desk smiled gently at her , saying , ‘ I am very pleased to meet you , Mrs Winkowski . |
| 28 | In the dingy back room , the tom sat down on the ramshackle chair . |
| 29 | He felt very dizzy , and sat down on the bottom step of the stairs . |
| 30 | He let her go abruptly , walking out of the barn , and Jenna sat down on the bottom step of the dusty wooden stairs . |