Example sentences of "sit there [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sit there repeating a wish in my head like a child . |
| 2 | And then they decide , found out they had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours , so there was I sitting there expecting a biscuit , I did n't get one . |
| 3 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 4 | ‘ No thank you , ’ said Penelope , feeling that he could hardly sit there eating a sandwich unless she did too . |
| 5 | And she thought , as she sat there translating a piece of Polyeucte , that if ever she could find the personages for the rest of her tragedy , then her happiness would be complete . |
| 6 | Yet he was unwilling to take leave , treating his engagement as settled , without some more conventional glance in that direction than he could find an opening for in the manner of the large , affable lady who sat there drawing a pair of soiled gants de Suede through a fat , jewelled hand and , at once pressing and gliding , repeated over and over everything but the thing he would have liked to hear ( 2 ) . |
| 7 | They sat there smiling a secretive smile . |