Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , unless I want junk food from one of the many establishments purveying it in this thoroughly commercialised station , all I have available to sit on in the huge concourse is a grubby metal flip-up slat a few inches wide . |
| 2 | Thank you for your interest , comrade , sit down in the listening corner and I shall begin . |
| 3 | Over supper we sit down in the low evening sun and watch the hills change from one blue to another , to mauve , to grey , to black . |
| 4 | I sit down in the grey plastic chair in the featureless room with McDunn and a man from the Welsh squad ; a big blond brindle guy in a tight grey suit ; he has a rugby player 's neck and steely eyes and huge hands that are clasped on the table , lying there like a mace of flesh and bone . |
| 5 | Starting with a bank loan of £4,000 , Roddick had no time to sit down in the early years and draw up a grandiose mission of what her organisation should set out to achieve . |
| 6 | She was glad to get home , to wash the grit from the paths off her feet , to sit down in the cool unglaring indoors . |
| 7 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
| 8 | Jim Crow laws dictated that we all sit up in the coloured balcony , so we followed Earl up the stairs of the separate entrance , located to the right of the box office , and found ourselves in the highest tier of the auditorium . |
| 9 | In the mornings I used to sit out in the warm sun of our terrace and read the travellers ' descriptions of the Delhi they knew from their visits at the very apex of the Mughal Empire . |
| 10 | As a result , they spend much of their time sitting down in the thick layer of muck which can inflict burns to their hocks and breasts , and they may also develop ulcerated feet . |
| 11 | Here he is sitting up in the marital bed , his jaw ruggedly clenched on his unlit pipe . |
| 12 | Zvi Lipsky , the Burial Society Treasurer , had spent the whole afternoon trying to rid his mind of the annoyance of Arnold Wine 's advertisement in that morning 's Cork Examiner and now there was Wine himself , as bold as brass , sitting up in the front seats if you please , instead of at the back where he should be . |
| 13 | Stephen took the stairs two at a time and threw open the bedroom door to see Tamar , sitting up in the big fourposter bed , nursing their son . |
| 14 | Sitting up in the cold morning light we could have been sprayed by a fine grey snow as we slept — dust from the Kalahari which I can still smell in my clothes . |
| 15 | I say , sitting back in the grey plastic seat . |
| 16 | We 'd just sit around in the front parlour of my house and smoke Typhoo Tea in my dad 's pipe . |
| 17 | Taking a deep breath , he walked slowly across the room and sat down in the easy chair directly facing his mother . |
| 18 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |
| 19 | Roger sat down in the high-backed armchair opposite her and smiled at her . |
| 20 | Then he sat down in the great oak chair by the fire and enjoyed his tea . |
| 21 | Then they sat down in the great dining hall to drink . |
| 22 | Christina sat down in the small desk chair , her legs unsteady . |
| 23 | He grunted with annoyance and sat down in the sparse grass with his back to the worn stone and let the meagre sun warm him . |
| 24 | He sat down in the big easy-chair beside the kitchen range , took me on his knee and read me a story . |
| 25 | ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery . |
| 26 | At 9 p.m. the women sat down in the common room and said they were n't going to bed until the heating was fixed . |
| 27 | Nails , without thinking , sat down in the comfortable straw and talked to the mare , leaning his head against the refrigerator wall . |
| 28 | What are you doing sat up in the high chair ? |
| 29 | After a moment , she sat up in the cluttered bed and regarded him in mock annoyance . |
| 30 | She sat back in the white plastic chair , fanning herself with her napkin . |