Example sentences of "we sit for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We sat for a while , saying little , until I started into a description of Changez 's ‘ specials ’ , his camp-bed and the bizarre spectacle of a man falling in love with his wife . |
| 2 | We sat for a while just watching and listening to the water and turned back to follow the path out of the steep-sided gill towards Cotterdale . |
| 3 | We sat for a while by the cairn in the hot sun looking out before us , the only noise being the sound of the beck behind us falling over boulders and down towards Brackens Gill and the Dee . |
| 4 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 5 | We sat for a while in the sitting-room over coffee . |
| 6 | We sat for an hour wondering if any soup would be issued . |
| 7 | The ocean of bad weather racing in from the north west did little to cheer me , so we sat for an hour while I gathered strength . |