Example sentences of "and sit in [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Well , there 's a certain romance in floating in a warm swimming pool on a cold winter 's night , looking up at the stars and wondering whether to fling oneself down the rapids or go and sit in a Jacuzzi instead . |
| 2 | Every year some of the Culler coats ladies dress up in lifeboat gear , and sit in a row as though they are pulling a lifeboat . |
| 3 | I order a vodka and orange and sit in a corner beneath peeling mauve and silver flock wallpaper . |
| 4 | You need a certain kind of front to breeze in from an alternative reality in the back of a time-travelling Volvo and sit in a Presley City bar , with a two-headed nipper on your lap , complaining to a private dick from the twenty-fifth century that you do n't have time for nonsense . |
| 5 | This argument , that the Scottish party should elect its own leader , raise its own funds , hire and fire its own staff and sit in a Westminster coalition with the English and Welsh Labour Party , is something which acutely interests a few hundred activists , but not many MPs , and one guesses , precious few voters . |
| 6 | Come in , come and sit in the front room . |
| 7 | I used to pull the blinds , turn out the lights and sit in the dark in terror , thinking , ‘ What am I going to do here ? |
| 8 | On journeys , he would study both the red and the green Michelin guides , in search of gastronomy and culture , and sit in the back seat issuing careful instructions to the driver that ‘ in about a quarter of a mile you come to a place to turn right ’ . |
| 9 | I used to go to the Botanical Gardens and sit in the sun , or wander round the aviaries admiring the birds of magnificent plumage . |
| 10 | ‘ Take off your things , my dear , and sit in the parlour , ’ she said . |
| 11 | We did n't have much to do , just sit at a table or something , and when it 's over I go outside and sit in the car , and Peckinpah comes out and gives me this look . |
| 12 | When they were on holiday from school , she and Francis used to came to Billy 's cottage and sit in the kitchen , drinking tea . |
| 13 | cover up and sit in the shade |
| 14 | ‘ Go and sit in the lounges of the luxury hotels and on the doorsteps of the flophouses ; sit on the Gold Coast settees and on the slum shakedowns ; sit in Orchestra Hall and in the Star and Garter Burlesk . |
| 15 | You go and sit in the parlour . ’ |
| 16 | and sit in the front rows for any play |
| 17 | ‘ I used to go there , and sit in the coffee shop opposite , or in the pub ; and I used to picture him coming in . |
| 18 | I said that I would come in for every match and sit in the library and deal with questions and enquiries — there was no point in simply having it supervised by a steward who might know nothing about books or history . ’ |
| 19 | You 've got ta do your , you know , go out and sit in the county court and wait for something exciting to happen |
| 20 | " Come and sit in the car . " |
| 21 | Well the men tend to come to our meetings and sit in the back now because their they well what in their words they say , Oh they they 're much better than the lodge meetings . |
| 22 | And the men erm as I say come along and sit in the back . |
| 23 | It was it was fun when we first started , because the weather was nice , you know it was er you c take a thermos up and have a picnic and sit in the chair and read a book or whatever if there was no one around , but after a while when it became a duty , yeah it was hard work getting up on a winter 's morning , knowing full well that you probably would n't see any cars if you down in until about ten in the morning , but you still had to be there at seven o'clock , and honking it down with rain or whatever . |
| 24 | Go and sit in the drawing room , I 'll bring it through . |
| 25 | I have done nothing but sleep too much , eat too much , and sit in the sun and bake ! ’ |
| 26 | But my dogs have always , much rather come shopping with me and sit in the , . |
| 27 | Just go and sit in the room or do something while I just do this . |
| 28 | even our grandchildren were , I mean er right from the beginning even if they only go and sit in the surgery and just watch , ju you know just go and visit |
| 29 | It 's a contemplative thing and what I would recommend you is go to The Tate and sit in the middle of the Rothgo Room there , which is actually a series of canvasses , as you probably know , of a sort of reddish hue , entirely abstract , and you are surrounded by these in a small , fairly dimly lit room , and spend half an hour there and see perhaps whether they work on you . |
| 30 | I 've known women to choose something highbrow to impress me — and sit in an agony of boredom all the way through . |