Example sentences of "sit and [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I bet their gigs are quite fun too although why anyone would want to sit and watch a video of one made by a stoned roadie is anyone 's guess . |
| 2 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 3 | Not prepared to sit and watch a game |
| 4 | Just time to sit and have a drink and all that . |
| 5 | Rather than setting unrealistically high expectations that you then fail to realise , or low expectations that become a self-fulfilling prophecy , take time out to sit and visualise a situation going well . |
| 6 | She bade them sit and brought a tray of wine , cups , and a bowl of sugared wafers . |
| 7 | It 's possibly the most outrageous place anywhere in the Mediterranean , full of weird and wonderful people , stilt walkers , street markets , pavement cafés , and bars in which you just sit and watch a world you have never seen before walk past in front of your nose . |
| 8 | I just sit and have a good read until they are done . |
| 9 | At times it comes home to you and you sit and have a weep . |
| 10 | And then in , in the front you can go and sit there before you sit and have a |
| 11 | but um I 'm a great believer that it 's rather nice to have that going on while the event is going on you know you sit and munch a corned beef butty as you dribble your coffee down the front of your shirt |
| 12 | Perhaps she might stay in Southwark and agree to go for a walk , or at least sit and share a goblet of wine with him and gossip about the past . |
| 13 | I think Becky , I think Charmaine is going , is there as well , so , she 's gon na have a house full and they 're all gon na sit and watch a video . |
| 14 | It 's the sort of film you can sit and watch a few times . |
| 15 | While I had been in there there 'd been a day or two of beautiful weather which we did n't know much about inside , although there was one big window where we used to go and sit and have a smoke — the ones who were getting better — and you could see a big tree from there , so you sort of felt it must be nice outside , and the people who came in from outside were n't so muffled up . |
| 16 | I know them , I mean I can sit and have a conversation , I know their hobbies and what have you , |
| 17 | Now we will sit and have a coffee , yes ? |
| 18 | Yeah , own private shower unit , with a special seat so she could sit and have a shower . |
| 19 | We sat and had a relaxing drink before we cooked them a typical English dinner of baked cod with new potatoes and vegetables , followed by rhubarb fool and cognac . |
| 20 | And then as soon as they went away she got her out and sat and had a . |
| 21 | I made my way to an hotel lounge in the Diamond , where I sat and read a leaflet I had picked up in the church . |
| 22 | Instead of being treated to the confrontation between the great lion Aslan and the forces of hell , we sat and watched a game of cat and mouse . |
| 23 | Dorcas sat and twiddled a bit of wire aimlessly . |
| 24 | ‘ I have to leave , ’ said Lucy , but sat and drank , sat and lit a cigarette , sniffed away more tears . |
| 25 | She sat and sipped a cocktail , which Kattina had mixed . |