Example sentences of "and [pers pn] sit down " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's still a couple of beat up chairs there and I sit down in one of them . |
| 2 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 3 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 4 | For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there . |
| 5 | I wait until my husband 's doing the late shift , and I wait until the children have gone to bed , and I sit down in front of the television . |
| 6 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 7 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 8 | The vestal virgins had gone for a tea break and I sat down thankfully in the cool of the ruins and closed my eyes . |
| 9 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 10 | For three weeks I had nothing to do and I sat down and decided — I have recorded all these pieces before — to see if there was not something more behind the music . |
| 11 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
| 12 | On top of the cart , Liam started to sing again , ‘ On the banks of the roses my love and I sat down … ’ |
| 13 | Nell was sitting alone at a table in the dining car working on her interminable lists ( those usually clipped to the clipboard ) and I sat down opposite her feeling ashamed of myself . |
| 14 | ‘ Paulette , [ the defendant ] and I sat down on at least five occasions to discuss his treatment to Paulette . |
| 15 | He patted the bench beside him , and I sat down . |
| 16 | It was beautiful and I sat down to enjoy it . |
| 17 | I knew I should go back to the stockade now , but an idea came to me and I sat down to wait for darkness . |
| 18 | I felt faint as I remembered all the things that mouth had done , and I sat down quickly , touching my burning face . |
| 19 | My Exhilarator visor was still in the grass where I 'd left it and I sat down beside it to take stock of my stings , bruises and cuts . |
| 20 | Bush was sitting at the boss 's table and I sat down opposite . |
| 21 | I put it on the arm on the chair , I was trying to be clever and I sat down and it had like material there and I caught the material and I just sort , all fell down here , it 's a lovely smell . |
| 22 | I went into a toilet and there was none and I sat down on the toilet , looked up , they were all above the door , five of them ! |
| 23 | Quite so it 's about feeling you 're going to make a fool of yourself , I mean what 's the feeling when you come in and you sit down first thing in the morning you look all round at the other eleven people |
| 24 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 25 | I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea . |
| 26 | Then there was silence and she sat down on the chest , weeping and shaking . |
| 27 | Her long , strong legs folded under her and she sat down on the rug in the hallway and sobbed to her heart 's content , while Alex patted her shoulder and wondered if he really understood his sister at all . |
| 28 | Bathsheba 's feelings were almost too much for her to control , and she sat down suddenly in the grass . |
| 29 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
| 30 | Her knees were weak , and she sat down on a chair the press rep brought over for her ; she could not have trusted her legs to walk over to it . |