Example sentences of "[modal v] sit at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll sit at the back probably , in the back corner there . |
| 2 | No I 'll sit at the back . |
| 3 | You kids can sit there and we 'll sit at the table . |
| 4 | You 'd sit at the gate for ages in , in the hope that the road would be clear as well . |
| 5 | his beard and everything to a T. He 'd sit at the top of the table , have his stiff white serviette tucked into his waistcoat , and he 's lifted that carving knife and fork until — you sat there and you never said a word . |
| 6 | The girls said it was the room with the round window that faced down the town and that Eve could sit at the window and watch everyone and where they went and who they were with . |
| 7 | And you know yesterday she had the nerve to ask me if she could sit at the end of our table . |
| 8 | I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers . |
| 9 | When young she admired Victoria de los Angeles and Jusi Bjoerling , but found their singing so moving that ‘ I 'd start to weep , the body can hardly stand it ’ , and so would sit at the back of the hall . |
| 10 | He would sit at the head of the long table , the various amounts were packed in white paper with the name of the recipient on each . |
| 11 | At that point in his life , he would sit at the door of a club when he was playing and he would glare at the people who came in . |
| 12 | It would sit at the foot of the sick-bed and , if it gazed at the patient , its eyes would magically absorb the malaise so the man had a renewed chance of life . |
| 13 | Their king is Aillen mac Midha , and in the past he would sit at the foot of the Palace ramparts , slender and blue-green , and with the chill faery blood of all the sidh in his veins . |
| 14 | While he talked to a girl , she would sit at the bar and talk to the nearest man . |
| 15 | During the session Sir John May , the inquiry chairman , announced that he would sit at the inquiry with three lay assessors , and that the government had agreed to the granting of immunity from prosecution to witnesses . |
| 16 | She had come to look forward to the intervals between tenants , for at such times she would sit at the bedroom window that overlooked the street , which sloped swiftly to the main thoroughfare ; and guided by the landmarks of St Dominic 's church and , beyond that , St Ann 's , she could look over the chimney pots and catch a glimpse of the river gleaming between the busy traffic on it . |
| 17 | If you were lucky enough to be invited for * Eight at Number Eight' , you would sit at the dining table under the inscrutable gaze of Duncan Grant 's tabby-cat ; this cat was painted at Charleston during the First World War , and bought by the Berkeleys many years later for £75 from the Lefevre Gallery . |
| 18 | She would sit at the piano and sing . |
| 19 | No it would n't , ca n't , ca n't not at the ground level , it will sit at the top |
| 20 | At this moment the actual tests which pupils will sit at the end of the key stage are in the process of design . |
| 21 | ( 1 ) A smaller , more rapidly tumbling bar may sit at the core of the kiloparsec-scale bar discussed above . |
| 22 | At most Clubs , Pirates can sit at the Captain 's table for an early evening meal , often with free lemonade or mineral water . |
| 23 | You can sit at the table and do them . |
| 24 | Do you want to go and get your aeroplane , cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand , and make aeroplanes with the other . |