Example sentences of "[noun] to sit [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a unique demonstration they left their schools to sit in on a county council meeting discussing the cuts.Tim Hurst reports . |
| 2 | Here are some suggestions ; Invite the most junior person in your department to sit in on your executive meeting . |
| 3 | Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation . |
| 4 | He now stepped backwards , pulling her away from the piano and into the middle of the room towards the couch , and he had almost to force her to get her stiff body to sit down on it . |
| 5 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 6 | We jostled our way through the multitudes until we found a patch of grass to sit down on . |
| 7 | It is no use to sit back on our laurels and think OK , so we were there . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , ’ said Betty , but after a moment she went out to the stream leaving Lydia to sit back on her heels and wonder why she found dressing-gowns and slippers so tawdry . |
| 9 | With this kind of work in mind , I obtained permission from the headteacher and the governors to sit in on all appointments that occurred in Bishop McGregor School during my fieldwork between 1983 and 1985 . |
| 10 | Jane Pargeter said , nodding towards her open drinks cabinet , even before Blanche and Dexter had time to sit down on the black leather armchairs in her sitting-room . |