Example sentences of "sat down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat down without a word and shook her head when Whitlock asked if she wanted coffee . |
| 2 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 3 | Cinzia brought them both large measures of whisky and sat down astride the wicker chair in front of the writing desk , facing him over the ridged wooden back . |
| 4 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 5 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 6 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |
| 7 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 8 | We sat down at a table and he poured me out some tea . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I hope we are going to find a bit more life than this , ’ grunted Billy , as they sat down at a table near the gas fire . |
| 10 | The canteen at TV London was largely deserted at half past ten the next morning when Dexter and Blanche sat down at a table in the corner of the self-service section . |
| 11 | Once in her suite of rooms she sat down at a little Louis Quinze escritoire , its pale grey panels painted with carnations and pinks , and wrote a short letter to her faithless lover , asking him to call on her urgently at the embassy at eleven the next morning . |
| 12 | Sir Ralph ( he had been knighted by Margaret Thatcher in 1980 for raising money from commerce and industry to finance the activities of Conservative Central Office when in Opposition ) bought a coffee and sat down at a corner table . |
| 13 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 14 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 15 | Philip sat down at the table . |
| 16 | His Dad sat down at the kitchen table with the paper . |
| 17 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 18 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 19 | He fumbled with the microphone while the girl sat down at the rear , the bag in her lap . |
| 20 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 21 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |
| 22 | They sat down at the table , and took out of their pockets packets of cigarettes , lighters and calculators , placing these objects carefully in front of them as if they were necessary equipment for some game they were about to play . |
| 23 | They sat down at the table . |
| 24 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 25 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 26 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 27 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
| 28 | I sat down at the end of one of the tables and looked around me . |
| 29 | He poured the tea into a mug , added milk and sugar , then sat down at the table and began to eat and drink . |
| 30 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |