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Example sentences of "and sit [prep] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	It is a relief to me to take up this pen and sit at a table and endeavour to sort out what I feel pressing in upon me and to know that if sense can be made of it you will make it .
2	into the library and go up and sit at the C D ROM terminal .
3	‘ Go and sit at the table .
4	come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away
5	Look we have got special bread now come on and sit at the table with us ,
6	It is the only tram in service where you have to climb up to your seat and sit at an angle of 20 degrees behind two spacemen in the front compartment !
7	Using exactly the same technique , I encouraged her to imagine doing just this and to practise for a further fortnight , after which she was in fact able to go to the local park and sit on a bench watching the children at play .
8	Go and sit on a mountain . ’
9	THE INSPIRALS move down to the Harbour area and sit on a green patch with the sun beating down like it can rarely do in Oldham .
10	You switch on the kettle and sit on the stool .
11	I take a camera and sit on the edge of the water .
12	I go and sit on the floor by the mattress and watch her .
13	I ca n't remember where they go , but Peter tells me to bring them too , so I go and sit on the sofa next to him .
14	I go and sit on the bench in front of the Christmas tree and stare at it .
15	I go back and sit on the bench by the Christmas tree .
16	I mean the rope and sit on the chair .
17	College staff often contribute to the management of local enterprise agencies , to small business clubs and sit on the committees of Chambers of Commerce .
18	They took turns to walk around inside and sit on the bunks and then George left to go home for tea .
19	The stop sign at Low Level Station was inscribed ‘ Last Stop before the Crystal Palace ’ and on passing here , the driver would set his controls to climb the hill and sit on the stairs to consume his repast .
20	She had half a mind to put him back in his box and sit on the lid .
21	The attitude of most electorates and governments is to deplore the problems that the illegal drug trade brings , view the whole matter with distaste , and sit on the status quo — a policy of sweeping prohibition .
22	A director from each of the new companies would acquire shares and sit on the SUPPLYKITS board : as Miranda owned the entire company , these inducement shares would reduce her holding , but Adam had convinced a reluctant Miranda that by relinquishing fifteen per cent of her shares , she was exchanging a hundred per cent of a small orange for eighty-five per cent of a crateful .
23	I was so tired I had to get off my bike twice on the way up to Creeting and sit on the side of the road in the snow for a spell before I could go on .
24	‘ You can go to distant planets and sit on the rings of Saturn , ’ says Lanier .
25	Apart from anything else , his working day did not begin till seven or eight , so that he was often there during the day , and always ready to listen ; but there were times when his customers left early , at two or three in the morning , and then Maurice , somewhat exhilarated with whisky , would come over to Grace , magically retaining his balance on the gangplank , and sit on the gunwale , waiting .
26	Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge .
27	‘ I take half the coke and my boy gets to be water boy for the Flamingoes and sit on the bench . ’
28	The kids from the houses up there- ’ she waved her arm in the direction of home — ‘ will come and play on the grass-the old people from the council place will come pottering down and sit on the benches by the flowerbeds .
29	Why do n't you move this Zimmer and sit on the seat ?
30	in our house if one of you 's in the bathroom in the bath like if Russell 's in the bath I go and sit on the toilet and talk to him and the dog 's in there as well and you ca n't move .