Example sentences of "sat down [prep] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 2 | At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches . |
| 3 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 4 | I sat down at the end of one of the tables and looked around me . |
| 5 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 6 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 7 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 8 | Soon after we arrived , the whole family sat down at the table for dinner . |
| 9 | She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected , and tossed her hair back from her face ; Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket . |
| 10 | She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it . |
| 11 | Nancy , noticing how scared he was , sat down at the side of the trench and took the cigarette out of her mouth . |
| 12 | Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Marie felt her legs give way beneath her , she sat down on the edge of the pavement , feet in the gutter , doubled-up , sick and winded as if someone had punched her in the stomach . |
| 15 | She sat down on the edge of the worktop . |
| 16 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 17 | These simple precautions observed , Kirov relaxed and sat down on the edge of his small cot , smiling with relief . |
| 18 | He came in carrying a bunch of black grapes , and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 19 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 20 | And he actually sat down on the edge of the bath and pulled off his right shoe and thrust it under my nose . |
| 21 | He sat down on the edge of the bed and drank the mineral water , very slowly . |
| 22 | Then still holding it , she went to the toilet and , just as she was , she sat down on the edge of the seat and , bending forward , she went through the motion of wringing out the cloth once again . |
| 23 | Joe sat down on the edge of the bed , taking note of the wallet . |
| 24 | After replacing the receiver she sat down on the edge of the coffee table and smiled to herself . |
| 25 | She sat down on the edge of the bed and pulled off her flat shoes . |
| 26 | Astonished , Miranda sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 27 | He flicked two inches of ash on the floor and sat down on the edge of the bed I had just vacated . |
| 28 | They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead . |
| 29 | She sat down on the edge of Julia 's bed and offered to brush her hair . |
| 30 | James Scott stood in the centre of the small room for a moment , looking round , then sat down on the edge of the bottom bunk . |