Example sentences of "and sit in the " in BNC.

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1 Come in , come and sit in the front room .
2 I used to pull the blinds , turn out the lights and sit in the dark in terror , thinking , ‘ What am I going to do here ?
3 On journeys , he would study both the red and the green Michelin guides , in search of gastronomy and culture , and sit in the back seat issuing careful instructions to the driver that ‘ in about a quarter of a mile you come to a place to turn right ’ .
4 I used to go to the Botanical Gardens and sit in the sun , or wander round the aviaries admiring the birds of magnificent plumage .
5 ‘ Take off your things , my dear , and sit in the parlour , ’ she said .
6 We did n't have much to do , just sit at a table or something , and when it 's over I go outside and sit in the car , and Peckinpah comes out and gives me this look .
7 When they were on holiday from school , she and Francis used to came to Billy 's cottage and sit in the kitchen , drinking tea .
8 cover up and sit in the shade
9 ‘ Go and sit in the lounges of the luxury hotels and on the doorsteps of the flophouses ; sit on the Gold Coast settees and on the slum shakedowns ; sit in Orchestra Hall and in the Star and Garter Burlesk .
10 You go and sit in the parlour . ’
11 and sit in the front rows for any play
12 ‘ I used to go there , and sit in the coffee shop opposite , or in the pub ; and I used to picture him coming in .
13 I said that I would come in for every match and sit in the library and deal with questions and enquiries — there was no point in simply having it supervised by a steward who might know nothing about books or history . ’
14 You 've got ta do your , you know , go out and sit in the county court and wait for something exciting to happen
15 " Come and sit in the car . "
16 Well the men tend to come to our meetings and sit in the back now because their they well what in their words they say , Oh they they 're much better than the lodge meetings .
17 And the men erm as I say come along and sit in the back .
18 It was it was fun when we first started , because the weather was nice , you know it was er you c take a thermos up and have a picnic and sit in the chair and read a book or whatever if there was no one around , but after a while when it became a duty , yeah it was hard work getting up on a winter 's morning , knowing full well that you probably would n't see any cars if you down in until about ten in the morning , but you still had to be there at seven o'clock , and honking it down with rain or whatever .
19 Go and sit in the drawing room , I 'll bring it through .
20 I have done nothing but sleep too much , eat too much , and sit in the sun and bake ! ’
21 But my dogs have always , much rather come shopping with me and sit in the , .
22 Just go and sit in the room or do something while I just do this .
23 even our grandchildren were , I mean er right from the beginning even if they only go and sit in the surgery and just watch , ju you know just go and visit
24 It 's a contemplative thing and what I would recommend you is go to The Tate and sit in the middle of the Rothgo Room there , which is actually a series of canvasses , as you probably know , of a sort of reddish hue , entirely abstract , and you are surrounded by these in a small , fairly dimly lit room , and spend half an hour there and see perhaps whether they work on you .
25 Normally , you will have an opportunity to look over the machine and to sit in the cockpit beforehand to think about all the knobs and levers .
26 Book Week sets out every year to persuade children that life is not square and sits in the corner with knobs on .
27 He is also a symbolic figure who represents the unity of the nation and sits in the chair once occupied by folk heroes and demi gods such as Washington , Jefferson and Lincoln .
28 Will the Prime Minister tell the House where my constituent Joanne , who is on a vocational course , receives £35 a week , lives on her own through no choice of her own , occasionally goes without food and sits in the dark because she has no coins for the meter , fits into his citizens charter and the classless society ?
29 And goes and sits in the corner .
30 In the words of Rudyard Kipling , ‘ gardens are not made by singing , ‘ Oh how beautiful ’ and sitting in the shade . ’
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