Example sentences of "sit [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't sit in on the general meeting , no . |
| 2 | Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’ |
| 3 | Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ? |
| 4 | to there hiatus , hiatus hernia , ooh terrible you 're stitched all inside ooh it 's like you could sit down to a beautiful tea tonight and enjoy it and then you could sit down to your breakfast in morning , one bite and that was you finished |
| 5 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 6 | ‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own . |
| 7 | I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns . |
| 8 | well no , because what you can do know is you can go to somebody who will sit down with a mini computer and that 's what you need , a mini computer and will sit down and will look at a job and will say right , if you take this job , it can also claim Family Credit of so much , and , and they actually do a , a sort of alternative benefit calculation , and what they do is they look at , if you take this job and take all the other things into account , will you be better off ? |
| 9 | Do you sit down with a blank sheet of paper and think ‘ I 'm going to write a poem on the subject of windows , or bible stories ’ ? |
| 10 | The chairman , Chris Patten , will shortly sit down with the new head of the Downing Street policy unit , Sarah Hogg , to write the first draft of Mr Major 's manifesto . |
| 11 | But these requirements do not sit easily with the generous philosophy of the DES booklet . |
| 12 | and even if you do n't it 's gon na c you know And er you get a few choice words and then eventually you say Well well look we 'll go outside and sit outside for a few minutes and d and wait till you 've decided what and do n't forget i time you kn you kn |
| 13 | The album pulled a few Manhattan fads ( salsa , jazz , R&B ) into snappy pop figures and also revealed a newly flexible capacity in Jackson 's voice ; previously hard-edged and impatient , it could now sit comfortably on the grand slopes of a ballad like ‘ Breaking Us In Two ’ , a Top 20 hit in America . |
| 14 | The volatility and their non-guaranteed status do not sit comfortably with the official line linking the two benefits . |
| 15 | At other times , he would sit back in a thoughtful , philosophical mood and ask Bob whether he felt one ought to have one 's name printed at the head of one 's private writing-paper . |
| 16 | Er the contribution to the discussion made by Mr Jewitt of Hambleton erm is a necessary contribution but it really does n't fit or sit well with the economic circumstances of other parts of the county . |
| 17 | And the Friar was somewhere in the forest visiting an acquaintance ; he had decided to do that rather than sit here in the young sun and sleep . |
| 18 | Perhaps eight people of various ages will be invited to an agency and will sit around in a comfortable room simply responding to very informal promptings from the discussion leader . |
| 19 | We 'd just sit around in the front parlour of my house and smoke Typhoo Tea in my dad 's pipe . |
| 20 | He used to just sit there with a 12 string guitar and often used a tape recorder with backing tracks , and then put on a harmony live or used a stylophone . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't sit there like a stuffed owl ! ’ she shouted at Peter . |
| 22 | You will sit anxiously on an undersized chair at parents ' evening , asking a teacher whether the child 's reading is really up to scratch and should n't he be on Blue Book Three by now ? |
| 23 | These provisions do not sit happily with the implied limitation for which Hambros Jersey contended . |