Example sentences of "sat [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He sat down on a tiny painted nursery chair beside the bed .
2 The girls sat down on a large pew-looking bench in the alcove and laughed at Billy who was standing with his back to the blazing logs doing his knee bending policeman act .
3 She found a jasmine-scented corner of garden at the side of the house and sat down on a rustic wooden seat , watching twittering birds come and go fearlessly around a hanging seed basket .
4 Someone else came into the room and sat down on a plain wooden chair to watch him struggle .
5 I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity .
6 Others , conscious that they were eating the equivalent of a diamond brooch or a sapphire pendant , sat down to a last giddy meal eating before the Collector could get his hands on it , all at once , what they had hoarded for weeks .
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