Example sentences of "[conj] sat [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come on , now , is this the girl that sat down next to Bertrand Russell outside the Ministry of Defence and would n't pay her fine , but sang a Bob Dylan at them ? ’ |
| 2 | Like any other youth , I was thrilled by the annual visits of the big circus , and when the Al G. Barnes Circus came to town I paid my own way in to the ‘ show ’ and sat up that night writing the first big-top review for the Times-Herald , which Fred Workman accepted with alacrity . |
| 3 | Disconcerted , the young reporter re-crossed her shapely miniskirted legs and sat up straighter . |
| 4 | He wriggled and sat up straighter . |
| 5 | Both of them were rather shaken ; Maxim slowed abruptly and sat up straighter in the seat . |
| 6 | Glancing over my shoulder to make sure he had n't seen me , I jostled my way to the rear and sat down next to a window . |
| 7 | ‘ After all , you do n't have to drive to get home any more , do you ? ’ and then he went and sat down next to the tourist . |
| 8 | Bodie entered the gallery and sat down next to Cowley , grimacing as he saw the open-heart operation below . |
| 9 | But then he smiled , and sat down next to her . |
| 10 | He just put the Thing down on the floor and sat down next to it , and watched them . |
| 11 | A figure moved across from the dark corner in which he had been having an earnest conversation with a black boy , and sat down next to her . |
| 12 | He came out on to the balcony with the bottle and sat down next to her . |
| 13 | Jealous of Lubor ? ’ and did n't know where she was when , as if he did n't think much of sitting opposite her in one chair while she had the huge couch all to herself , Ven suddenly moved from his chair and came and sat down next to her on the couch . |