Example sentences of "sit back [conj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your evenings are made for relaxing then why not enjoy a drink and chat with friends at the bar , or take a moonlit stroll along the beach , or simply sit back and absorb the atmosphere ? |
| 2 | She was looking at him now , wishing he would unbend a little more , maybe sit back and enjoy the evening , and allow his sleeked-back hair to fall more naturally about his face . |
| 3 | Pastures new Make a mini-meadow with Geoffrey Smith , then sit back and enjoy the wildlife it attracts . |
| 4 | The release is written and sent out in a blanket mailing of all the media outlets on the PR department " Press List " and the PR sits back and thinks the job well done . |
| 5 | Issues such as the abolition of capital punishment or the legislation on abortion inevitably revealed a picture of an open , competitive pattern of politics where the state was often content to sit back and referee the group struggle . |
| 6 | It was n't jerky , just a little unsettling , and Maxim might not have been asking so many questions if he 'd been able to sit back and watch the countryside flow past . |
| 7 | Stay here and , within a very short time , it is easy to sit back and imagine the life and traditional ways of the peasants who once toiled here and in the hills all around . |
| 8 | A tacit collusion is set up between narrator and reader not to take the novel too solemnly , but rather to sit back and enjoy the show . |
| 9 | Slackening her step , she felt hope renewing itself as she strolled along the pavements past tubs of flowering plants interspersed with benches crowded with people resting their tired feet or simply sitting back and enjoying the sunshine while they watched the passers-by . |
| 10 | This collection of 40 , hour-long videos covers every year from 1930 to 1969 — just choose a year that means something to your loved one and let them sit back and capture the atmosphere with news , special events and TV clips of the time . |
| 11 | I can sit back and watch the day go by , and when the float dips down in the water I know there 's a fish pulling at the line . |
| 12 | ‘ Afterwards , you can sit back and watch the investment grow handsomely , before you offer it out to the highest bidder and make a killing . |
| 13 | When you have a course that works , you do n't sit back and watch the grass grow — you set to work to make it even better . |
| 14 | It needs a special artist to sustain such a programme , and the wonderful thing about Vengerov 's playing is that in , say , the Paganini First Concerto , one can sit back and take the accomplishment for granted , acknowledge that he can overcome any Paganinian hurdle , and simply relish the way he actually makes something of the music . |
| 15 | We must say to our officers now , today , do n't sit back and see the life blood squeezed out of our union . |
| 16 | You can sit back and enjoy the plot without worrying how it is going to turn out for your favourite character — because you wo n't have one . |
| 17 | One would not have believed his grubby Lada capable of such manoeuvres as he coaxed from its grinding engine but , after a moment of horror , I sat back and enjoyed the ride . |
| 18 | Mr Patten sat back and enjoyed the show , as regards education policy he 's still thinking a lot and saying very little . |
| 19 | He sat back and let the DDA give a full report , including the trip to the voodoo ceremony and all that followed . |
| 20 | She sat back and considered the evidence of the spy-hole . |
| 21 | The visitor sat back and watched the alchemy of the coffee take shape as the slightly stale odour of boiling milk permeated the room and steamed up the windows that looked down into Sauchiehall Street . |
| 22 | ANDY Chipling sat back and admired the computer programme he had just completed , bent down to switch on his printer at the powerpoint and stared in horror as a week 's toil disappeared off the screen . |