Example sentences of "sit down for a " in BNC.
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1 | Sit down for a minute . |
2 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
3 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
4 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
5 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
6 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
7 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
8 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
9 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
10 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
11 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
12 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
13 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
14 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
15 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
16 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
17 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
18 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
19 | She looks real comfy there and I think about sitting down for a bit and watching telly , but I ai n't got nothing to sit on so I just carry on standing up . |
20 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
21 | I ca n't see him sitting down for a quiet civilized three cornered discussion . ’ |
22 | She instructed Lucien to be careful with his leg , and to exercise the rest of his body only while lying or sitting down for a while . |
23 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
24 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
25 | ‘ I should love to see them sometime , ’ said Charles , ‘ but I wonder if I might sit down for a little ? |
26 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
27 | I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’ |
28 | I 'll just sit down for a moment . ’ |
29 | The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’ |
30 | Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ? |