Example sentences of "to sit [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
2 | She finds time to sit down with the patient before she 's wheeled off to X-Ray , explaining exactly how the lung will be sealed off , that pain is inevitable and how it will be controlled . |
3 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
4 | Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room . |
5 | Despite the growth of the disabled people 's movement these paper professionals still think it quite normal to sit down round the table and decide what 's best for us . |
6 | Her initial action on reaching her room , however , was to sit down by the telephone and to try and concentrate her attention on what she should do now . |
7 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
8 | And do n't get so drunk that you ca n't stand up and have to sit down in the middle or , worse still , can not speak at all . |
9 | When I lived in southern France I used to sit out on the porch and watch the sun go down across the valley . |
10 | But he can not afford to sit back on the basis that Everton are too big a club to go down . |