Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] sit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor with the grumbling of people who did n't want to stand up when they 'd just sat down . |
| 2 | On reflection , though , she doubted if she 'd got enough crocks or cutlery and ‘ what was they going ter sit on ? ’ |
| 3 | They did not sit on the floor . |
| 4 | They did n't sit but stood around the table . |
| 5 | They attacked life , they did n't sit quietly around waiting for it to flatten them . |
| 6 | They did n't sit together . |
| 7 | Having finished a job , they do n't sit around enjoying the results — it 's on to the next . |
| 8 | As for the Gascons , they are gossipy , licentious , and poorly dressed ; although they eat and drink far too much they do n't sit at table but squat around a fire ; they all share the same cup and when they go to sleep they all share the same rotting straw , master and mistress , servants and all . |
| 9 | I went to all the lectures and they 're easy to go to , because you 're spoon-fed , they do n't sit back and they do n't philosophize , a lot of it , it 's all material on the board , which can be a bit boring sometimes , but we 've done some big course like quantum mechanics and there have been a few other theoretical ones which have been really involved but the lecturers have been really good , you can see how excited they are , and it starts spilling over to you . |
| 10 | They do n't sit in trees anyway . |
| 11 | The only reason er top earners are top earners in our company is they do n't sit back and take one deal a day |
| 12 | It 's cos they do n't sit in the seat properly , they slouch in them ! |
| 13 | As the result they do not sit very effectively over a bolt-hole . |
| 14 | They had just sat down when Zach suddenly let out a cry . |
| 15 | Did Theo remember that mill on the road out of The Hague where they had once sat and pledged eternal friendship so passionately , over their glasses of milk ? |
| 16 | It made him feel grown up sitting at the same table as real university students ; engineers and agricultural science students , law or medicine , they had all sat and studied around the Hegarty dining table while young Frank was working for his Intermediate and his Leaving Certificate . |