Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a sort of metal fence I can sit on , so I rest there for a bit and watch the ducks and that . |
| 2 | ‘ I must confess I 'd rather sit on and view the passing scene . ’ |
| 3 | However , once you 're growing hair you can sit on and are headed skyward from five foot three , then , if there are no seats left in the front , you 'd be more comfortable tied to the roof rack . |
| 4 | There is a huge variety available , powered by either petrol or electricity , ranging from lightweight 30-cm-wide models to mini-tractors you can sit on . |
| 5 | I , yeah , I drove up , up there and back , like , my leg do n't ache , they ached a bit at a time , but that , you know that bone you get , each side of your keep your thumb there , you 've got that bone , underneath there 's a bone there , you might , or the bottom bone that you 'll sit on , you know when you sit still you get that bone . |
| 6 | Do n't sit on there . |
| 7 | That 'd be nice actu to have erm something you could sit on there . |
| 8 | Shall I sit on here ? |
| 9 | We 'll probably sit on here actually . |
| 10 | I 'll sit on |
| 11 | Arrangements are made for a person to ‘ sit in ’ in the older person 's home . |
| 12 | Younger neighbours may be glad to ‘ sit in ’ for one evening a week too , if you can give them some service in return , such as looking after their child for a morning while they go shopping , although of course there are people who will help with no expectation of reward , if you make your need known to them-perhaps more of them than you imagine . |
| 13 | ‘ And groups would come down and sit in with us . |
| 14 | The promoter would say to bands , ‘ There 's a group you should come and see ; they 'll let people sit in . ’ |
| 15 | He kept interrupting and eventually I told him he could n't sit in on our discussions any more and I explained why . |
| 16 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 17 | Your own bosses also sometimes keep in uncomfortably close touch with you — telephone calls at night , sudden desires to " sit in " on your client meetings , unscheduled weekend meetings . |
| 18 | Erm b but there was no reason why we should sit in wait in case they might go up because they might have gone down further . |
| 19 | — Can you sit in on another teacher using it ? |
| 20 | There would be the guy with the black box in a suitcase and the chair facing the wall that I would sit in while he sat in a chair behind me . |
| 21 | In the middle of the window was a shiny red car you could sit in with a driver 's wheel you could turn and a horn you could peep . |
| 22 | I did sit in yesterday at Transport Exec and Planning , but no doubt they will be forthcoming |
| 23 | Chairman 's the person that can sit in with the group of people and is good in terms of receiving information from people and disseminating information and giving it back out again making sure that everybody 's being brought in so he 's a person really not not so much a leader but he will be a person who can keep the group together and can make sure that all the information flows around the group and that everybody 's getting a fair say a fair crack of the whip in terms of what 's going on in terms of orienting towards a task , so everything 's towards a task you need towards a task . |
| 24 | if you wan na sit in on another couple of guys |
| 25 | Michael Morris will sit in for Betty Boothroyd … the first woman Speaker , who was elected last week . |
| 26 | Michael Morris will sit in for Betty Boothroyd … the first woman Speaker , who was elected last week . |
| 27 | Can I sit in ? |
| 28 | And I , I used to sort of sit in er put sit myself in my little erm bunk you know ? |
| 29 | I 'm not surprised , I 'd have done me fruit , if I was going around with somebody that , that say they 're gon na put the house on the market for me , want to make a go , a go of the marriage , a new baby , two other kids and then oh , but yet , yet wants to play around in a , you know a little sports car , that nobody but two people can sit in |
| 30 | Do you wan na sit in , no , do you wan na sit in there and then nobody can use it . |