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 | 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 … |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I 'll borrow my brother 's Lambretta so that we can just sit for a whole hour and then I 'll drive you home . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Back home safely , I made a cuppa and sat for a good hour revelling in my favourite magazine . |
10 | Moran sat for a long time . |
11 | They sat for a long time in silence watching the Atlantic crash down on the empty shore . |
12 | Afterwards I sat for a long time trying to reconcile myself to these new ideas . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | When he came back in the evening he sat for a long time gazing out across the V-shaped valley leading south . |
15 | The Collector sat for a long time contemplating his boots which , because of the dampness , had become covered in green mould . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Alice went to a cafe in Finchley Road , and sat for a long time quietly by herself over strong coffee . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | They sat for a long time on brown plastic seats in a white corridor . |
20 | I sat for a long while , clutching the unfinished poem , gazing beyond it . |
21 | She sat for a long while , until her limbs became cold and stiff and her mind numb with tiredness and misery . |
22 | Andrus sat for a long time . |