Example sentences of "sitting down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The above indicates that there is far more to negotiating than sitting down opposite the other party and trying to bargain . |
| 2 | As he drew closer he could see the outlines of people sitting down under the shade of a tree near the river . |
| 3 | ‘ How do I know what I think till I 've heard what I 've got to say ? ’ they will ask ; and , sitting down at the keyboard , will type in a few hasty half-baked assertions , and let the program nag them into developing a coherent and well-expressed thesis . |
| 4 | A more erudite musician — or courteous companion — you wo n't meet ; and I shall treasure for aye the memory of his sitting down at the grand piano in the front room of his Edinburgh town-house to demonstrate how two operations to his 95-year-old hands had not impaired his keyboard ability : what he then produced was some of the most sheerly beautiful bach playing I have ever heard . |
| 5 | ‘ Coming sir , ’ they both trilled , and soon we were sitting down at the dining table in a corner of the living-room . |
| 6 | She was sitting down at the table ; he thought she really was looking very ill and wretched but his tender pride kept him silent . |
| 7 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |
| 8 | Anne is sitting down at the piano , unfolding her spectacles , smoothing the music in front of her . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's much simpler just draping a piece of material round you to work out what shape would work best and then just sitting down at the sewing machine ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's much simpler just draping a piece of material round you to work out what shape would work best and then just sitting down at the sewing machine ! ’ |
| 11 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 12 | Sitting down on the edge of the bed , he began to draw circles in the air with the toes of his left foot . |
| 13 | Similarly on glaciers , the impact on a crevasse fall is greatly lessened by the friction of the rope cutting into the crevasse edge , and the load is easily held by sitting down on the surface and digging in the heels . |
| 14 | She was sitting down on the couch with Newman beside her . |
| 15 | " But you lived in a brothel , " Jane said , disbelief in her voice , sitting down on the edge of the bed and rubbing vigorously at her hair . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , Tess ! ’ said Bob , sitting down on the bed and putting his arm round her shoulders . |
| 17 | He tried to imagine her crossing to the phone , sitting down on the chair , legs slightly apart . |
| 18 | ‘ We were worried about you , ’ Ianthe explained , sitting down on the edge of the narrow bed . |
| 19 | ‘ Lunch wo n't be long , ’ said Bernice , sitting down on the edge of Billy 's bed and letting a hand stray over the duvet . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that you 've found someone to help you with the children at last , ’ he said , sitting down on the sofa beside her . |
| 21 | ‘ No , ’ he repeated , sitting down on the stool and cradling the blackjack of ale in his hands , ‘ Woodforde is a quiet place . |
| 22 | All of them were chasing the duck but they 've all they 've all decided to stop for the moment , they 're all sitting down on the grass . |
| 23 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 24 | She was sitting down by the gate , one hand on her neck , her head canted over at a fierce angle . |
| 25 | As a result , they spend much of their time sitting down in the thick layer of muck which can inflict burns to their hocks and breasts , and they may also develop ulcerated feet . |
| 26 | We 're doin' very good , ’ Fred replied , sitting down in the chair facing his young wife . |
| 27 | Erm I 've got a girl sitting down in the foyer . |
| 28 | ‘ Well now , Cap'n Smollett , ’ said Silver , sitting down in the sand , ‘ you were very clever , last night . |
| 29 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 30 | Only when they were sitting down in the chop-house and Dr Neil had ordered them soup and rolls , followed by lamb chops with seasonal vegetables , and a glass of red wine each — ‘ Good for your shattered nerves , ’ he said gravely — and they were waiting for the soup to arrive did Sally-Anne have time to look about her . |