Example sentences of "down on a chair " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made for the door , but decided instead to sit down on a chair . |
| 2 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 3 | She sat down on a chair in the hall beside the telephone . |
| 4 | He sat down on a chair with his back to the window and lit a cigarette . |
| 5 | So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on . |
| 6 | I did as I was told and flopped down on a chair , but it gradually got worse and worse , and I felt as if I was going to be sick . |
| 7 | I handed him the scissors , put a towel round my shoulders , and sat down on a chair . |
| 8 | He sat down on a chair and took a guitar in his hands , but he did n't play it . |
| 9 | She sat down on a chair and held the boy with one arm . |
| 10 | Inside his room , Sikes sat Oliver down on a chair . |
| 11 | She opened a door into a large , sunny drawing room , crossed its breadth , sat on a sofa , got up immediately to look for a cigarette , found a pack on a low table by the window , then sat down on a chair . |
| 12 | Her knees were weak , and she sat down on a chair the press rep brought over for her ; she could not have trusted her legs to walk over to it . |
| 13 | Lorimer sauntered across the room and sat down on a chair by the butler 's fire . |
| 14 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 15 | Shelley suddenly swung his luminous face towards me , sat quickly down on a chair , sticking out one leg and resting a hand on his thigh , clearly inviting me to hold the floor awhile . |
| 16 | Matthew put his things down on a chair but did not sit down himself . |
| 17 | Jimmy gulped and sat down on a chair beside the bed almost as if he did n't trust his legs to support him . |