Example sentences of "he sit down at " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Everything makes sounds , ’ Gaver explains as he sits down at his Macintosh .
2 He sits down at his desk and opens his diary .
3 " Andrew is a very complex character as a man , but when he 's composing , he 's just like anybody else — he sits down at the piano looking for the tune , " explains Black .
4 if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem .
5 He sat down at last to silence , but as a man fulfilled : the tutorial was over .
6 He sat down at his desk , straightening his things that Lee had moved , putting them where they had been before , in the exact spot .
7 He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw .
8 He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number .
9 He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine .
10 When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’
11 He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned .
12 When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy .
13 He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter .
14 He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’
15 He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper .
16 She nodded , because for shame she could do nothing but nod , and he sat down at her table .
17 as if that kind of world were possible or real , he sat down at his desk and wrote cheques for the bills .
18 Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road .
19 ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there .
20 He sat down at his desk , not looking at Morris , his face rigid with anger .
21 He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands .
22 ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm .
23 He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food .
24 Then he sat down at the table and started to work again .
25 He sat down at the table again and began to read .
26 ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table .
27 He sat down at the far end of the table .
28 He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below .
29 Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body .
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