Example sentences of "sits [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone claps a little and Peter sits down on the drum stool . |
| 2 | When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word . |
| 3 | John sits down on the bed and recites a mantra under his breath . |
| 4 | When his mind 's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there . |
| 5 | Paddy Cosgrove , councillor and barrister , in candidates ' pinstripes , sits tensely on the edge of his plastic chair . |
| 6 | The Jordanian government sits squarely on the fence ; it has neither banned the book nor approved its sale . |
| 7 | ‘ With this I would make a simple straight skirt that sits just on the knee , and a large cartwheel hat trimmed with the suit fabric . ’ |
| 8 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 9 | Now offer the niche to the hole , making sure it sits correctly on the base section |
| 10 | Most recently , the MX television , which sits unobtrusively on the floor tilting back and forth behind a smoked-glass screen , appeared outlandish at first but was quickly copied by the big manufacturers . |
| 11 | ball 's up the other end he just sits there on the floor , so |
| 12 | Ashford-in-the-Water sits precisely on the line which divides the limestone plateau of the so-called White Peak from the upland moors and valleys to the North . |
| 13 | Ashford-in-the-Water sits precisely on the line which divides the limestone plateau of the so-called White Peak from the upland moors and the valleys to the North . |