Example sentences of "[pron] sit [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 2 | Somehow I sat up a bit . |
| 3 | I sat there a long time , bored , with a cold bottom , and I was about to open the pub door to tell him I was going home when I saw the organ grinder trundling his barrel-organ down the street . |
| 4 | ‘ I sat back a little bit more than usual and made sure things were organised . |
| 5 | Mann tries to combine the desperation of their plight with a more lyrical look at Indian respect for struggle and death , all of which sits together a smidgeon uneasily until the final reel . |
| 6 | And so if you sit just a little bit further forward , that 's fine . |
| 7 | But if you sit here a moment , I will comb out your hair , and you may keep the comb . |
| 8 | ALL RYE LIES BEFORE YOU as you sit round a grand , authentic scale model of this ancient town . |
| 9 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 10 | They called the group the Kolbitar ( coal-biters ) , an Icelandic kenning which means those who sit around a fire . |
| 11 | She sat up a little straighter and resolved to regard her host with more of an open mind . |
| 12 | As she sat over a pot of tea in a quiet café she reminded herself that it was really expecting too much to find a flat as quickly as she had landed a job . |
| 13 | She sat back a little more relaxed in her seat . |
| 14 | As we sat down a little way away from the rest of the group , I saw a small girl waving her hamster 's cage at the sky . |
| 15 | We sat there a while , almost dark inside after Mendez dropped the side curtains , not saying anything , feeling the coach move up and down on its leather thoroughbraces as the boy who worked for us put the travelling bags in the rear end boot and covered them with a canvas . |
| 16 | It 'll be all hands on deck from now on , ’ Moran told the girls as they sat over a late breakfast . |
| 17 | They sat round a quiet corner table . |
| 18 | They sat round a huge log fire , the flickering flames casting long shadows against the far wall . |
| 19 | And I think they sat back a little bit , you know , and maybe tried to defend the three nothing lead . |
| 20 | He sat only a few feet from the screen , perched on the edge of the bed , a study in confusion and misery . |
| 21 | As soon as he sat down a slave laid a plate in front of him . |
| 22 | ‘ Let me sit down a minute , ’ I begged . |
| 23 | ‘ I saw myself sitting around a huge table eating supper with an assortment of generations — the way they do in all the films I 've seen about Italians . ’ |