Example sentences of "he sat down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 2 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 3 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 4 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 5 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 6 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 7 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |
| 8 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 9 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 10 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 11 | He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands . |
| 12 | ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm . |
| 13 | He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food . |
| 14 | Then he sat down at the table and started to work again . |
| 15 | He sat down at the table again and began to read . |
| 16 | He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below . |
| 17 | He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper . |
| 18 | Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road . |
| 19 | He sat down on the floor and , taking my hand in his , curled his fingers like bindweed around mine . |
| 20 | Charlie pressed her on to the pouffe near the fire and then he sat down on the floor beside her . |
| 21 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and drank the mineral water , very slowly . |
| 22 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and , taking her chin between finger and thumb , lifted her face to his and asked crisply , ‘ So what 's wrong ? ’ |
| 23 | Then he sat down on the sofa and looked around him . |
| 24 | With a look of satisfaction , he sat down on the sofa opposite her . |
| 25 | He sat down on the bed and let his arms sag . |
| 26 | He sat down on the bed . |
| 27 | He sat down on the bed , his hands in his lap , his heart thumping in his chest . |
| 28 | Then he sat down on the bed beside her . |
| 29 | She perched herself uncomfortably on the only chair in the room as he sat down on the bed . |
| 30 | Dr Neil swallowed again as he sat down on the bed , not too near , not too far away . |