Example sentences of "sat [adv] with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the family sat on with the inertia of those who have travelled a long way and are reluctant to face the effort of arrival . |
| 2 | Giovanna said she often sat in with the Kettering children if their parents were out and would be glad to do the same for the Signora Pargeter . |
| 3 | Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him . |
| 4 | He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet . |
| 5 | When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time . |
| 6 | Miss Jarman sat down with a thump in the matching wing chair on the other side of the fireplace . |
| 7 | ‘ I think I 'm going to vomit , ’ she muttered to no one in particular , and sat down with a plop on a new imitation Italian chair , which received her with a reedy groan . |
| 8 | We have er , my parents sat down with a the group of the family there |
| 9 | Miranda shook her head , and Madame blew her disgust through her teeth , and sat down with a magazine with a cover picture of the future Queen Fabiola of Belgium smiling on the arm of her optician 's pin-up of a fiancé . |
| 10 | He felt his foot slip under him and sat down with a jarring shock , landing uncomfortably on a spanner and a piece of plastic tubing . |
| 11 | Maxham removed an empty paint tin from the seat of the nearest armchair and sat down with a sigh of relief ‘ I 've got this verruca , ’ he confided . |
| 12 | When she was dressed and ready to head for work , Alex sat down with a cup of coffee and thought once more about Matthew Prescott . |
| 13 | She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him . |
| 14 | Then he sat down with a cup of coffee . |
| 15 | They sat down with a glass each before making the final assault on the stacking of the dishwasher ready for Mrs Thrigg in the morning . |
| 16 | Meredith sat down with a thump . |
| 17 | He sat down with a sigh , rubbing one hand over his eyes . |
| 18 | He unclipped the empty drum and slammed on a full one , thrust the gun forward and sat down with a thud that shook the cockpit . |
| 19 | She piled a week 's dirty clothes into the washing-machine , and sat down with a book . |
| 20 | She felt sick again , and sat down with a plonk . |
| 21 | Clark and Howey signed three-year contracts last month and Keegan said : ‘ We sat down with the two lads and their fathers and worked out a deal that was right for them . |
| 22 | We walked out on to the large veranda and sat down with the lagoon spread out below and in front of us . |
| 23 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
| 24 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 25 | There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire . |
| 26 | A week later , however , Charlie Allen of the CIA sat down with an undercover agent in North 's office to hear North read from his notebook |
| 27 | It was n't a view that sat easily with the Dwarf s student orientation as the autumn and the new student academic year approached . |
| 28 | She turned and looked at him , then sat up with a gasp of dismay . |
| 29 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 30 | Fearon 's eyes opened fully and he sat up with a jerk , swore , rubbed his hand over his black curls and squinted at her . |