Example sentences of "sit for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislative power is vested in a unicameral National Assembly which sits for a five-year term and consists of six appointed senators and 15 popularly elected representatives . |
| 2 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 3 | A kitchen timer that rings to indicate to the child when they have managed to sit for a specific length of time can be linked to the reward chart . |
| 4 | Recorders ( of whom there are over seven hundred , plus some five hundred Assistant Recorders ) are practising barristers or solicitors who are required to sit for a few weeks each year . |
| 5 | And in the fourth year I tend to do them an evaluation sheet , where I write down lots of questions about the project they have just done , and maybe get them to sit for a double lesson and write about the things they experienced and found out … |
| 6 | Sit for a relaxing drink in its comfortable bar and you look out through picture windows which frame gondolas alive with colour and Venetian style . |
| 7 | It would sit for a limited period , probably less than six months , and would take over responsibility for those areas of state operation essential for impartial elections including the security forces , a limited budgetary role , the state-owned media and the conduct of the elections themselves . |
| 8 | Not simply on Tring Reservoirs or the home counties gravel pits do men now sit for a ten pounder anymore . |
| 9 | I 'll borrow my brother 's Lambretta so that we can just sit for a whole hour and then I 'll drive you home . |
| 10 | After the girls had gone I sat for a little time , thinking . |
| 11 | Upstream , through the gorge known as the Wachau , runs one of the prettiest stretches of the river and I sat for a pleasant hour on its embankment watching the swallows skim its waters . |
| 12 | Back home safely , I made a cuppa and sat for a good hour revelling in my favourite magazine . |
| 13 | Moran sat for a long time . |
| 14 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
| 15 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |
| 16 | But the old Jew sat for a long time in silence as the wind and rain in the darkness outside lashed at the windows of Damiani 's old home . |
| 17 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
| 18 | The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould . |
| 19 | And he sat for a long time in a melancholy reverie as the ants continued to drift down , thinking of the futility of all endeavour . |
| 20 | Alice went to a cafe in Finchley Road , and sat for a long time quietly by herself over strong coffee . |
| 21 | She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit . |
| 22 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
| 23 | I sat for a long while , clutching the unfinished poem , gazing beyond it . |
| 24 | She sat for a long while , until her limbs became cold and stiff and her mind numb with tiredness and misery . |
| 25 | Andrus sat for a long time . |
| 26 | Now that Elizabeth had exhausted the topic of Martha , they sat for a few moments in silence , one each side of the fire with a cup of tea . |
| 27 | He looked expectantly at Sarah , but she sat for a few seconds before speaking . |
| 28 | Helen , too , sat for a few minutes . |
| 29 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 30 | She showered and shampooed her short dark hair , combing it into its neat bob , then she made toast and coffee and sat for a few minutes before her kitchen window which enjoyed the same view as her bedroom . |