Example sentences of "and sat [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes and sat up to listen , with the skin furring up on my arms . |
| 2 | At twenty past ten Sandison put his book away and sat back to watch the people who were walking down to the square . |
| 3 | She left early , bought a day return , and sat back to enjoy the journey . |
| 4 | We just threw all the names into a big data base and sat back to see what the computer threw up . ’ |
| 5 | I quickly slid into a seat at the back , and sat back to observe proceedings . |
| 6 | She took a drink and sat back to think . |
| 7 | I got some quiet music and sat down to listen for a minute . |
| 8 | I had admitted defeat on the subject of the links between agricultural and industrial revolution and British Imperialism , and sat down to watch the video . |
| 9 | He contributed information on the voyage to A True Report by Sir George Peckham [ q.v. ] before the end of the year , and sat down to record a detailed narrative of the voyage and some description of Newfoundland . |
| 10 | She placed the croissant under the grill , and sat down to open the letter . |
| 11 | Her moment of complete despair had come when Doyle switched on the radio and sat down to wait and see what happened . |
| 12 | She put a red plastic bowl on the refrigerator floor and sat down to wait for the ice to melt . |
| 13 | After sending Bacci off to get himself a coffee from the Brigadier who was losing his patience with a recruit in the kitchen , the Captain shut out the noise and sat down to wait , glancing now and then at his watch . |
| 14 | He dusted off a box and sat down to wait for them . |
| 15 | We mailed the six packages recorded delivery on the 14th of January and sat down to wait . |
| 16 | Nelson went around to the far side of the table , and sat down to wait as Lucas was brought from his cell . |
| 17 | After she 'd hung up , she went back to the stairwell and sat down to wait . |
| 18 | I went right down to the sea 's edge , but the water was too cold for pleasure , so I retreated to the dry level and sat down to brush the sand off my feet and put on my shoes again . |
| 19 | ‘ Pity she could n't be with us , ’ said Mrs Harper , dangerously : but Shirley had n't the energy to fight back , she helped herself to a spoonful of sage and onion stuffing and sat down to begin her meal . |
| 20 | They felt hungry and sat down to eat the bread and cheese from Allen 's wallet . |
| 21 | They lifted all his clothes , leaving blood on every item , and sat down to eat . |
| 22 | Claudia , a smile curving her mouth , buttered her toast and sat down to eat . |
| 23 | Athelstan tactfully asked the landlord for a pallet bed to be placed in their chamber and sat down to eat almost as heartily as Cranston . |
| 24 | He arrived at his desk , squinted at the offering tucked into his blotter and sat down to read it properly : a short , sanctimonious newspaper piece on the temptation and pressures on the successful young , Tristram Wilson being mentioned , with many a crocodile tear , as one of the recent casualties . |
| 25 | Scarlet could not now imagine how she had passed the week with the house next door empty and soulless : she tidied the kitchen in readiness for her friend 's return and sat down to read the local paper , two copies of which had just been delivered through the letterbox . |
| 26 | She emerged in a dressing-gown and sat down to remove her make-up . |
| 27 | Alice was tired and sat down to rest some 300m below the summit while the two men walked on . |
| 28 | Apgood pocketed the film and sat down to browse through the stack of fragile old certificates . |
| 29 | The little hedgehog made a nest among the dry leaves and sat down to think . |
| 30 | William Tanner finished tidying up the small warehouse stock and sat down to await the van which was due . |