Example sentences of "he [adv] sat [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Before her astonished eyes he calmly sat down in the chair at the opposite side of the desk .
2 Surviving reports and other evidence show that he also sat in on the hearing of ordinary civil litigation in at least five counties .
3 He again sat down on the settle opposite her , and sipped a glass of beer before saying thoughtfully , ‘ Funny , when you come to think about it , but it 's what happens when you 're a bairn that sets the pattern for a man or woman , in most cases anyway . ’
4 And he actually sat down on the edge of the bath and pulled off his right shoe and thrust it under my nose .
5 He never sat down throughout the day .
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