Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] sit " in BNC.
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| 1 | good hour , let's all sit round listening to bloody band on a Sunday night it 's only to , Lancaster to go in bar for twenty five pound , there were five |
| 2 | Strange that this bird sits there and sings While we must only sit and plan Who are so much the higher things — The murder of our fellow man … |
| 3 | But what of the mini-commandments : Thou shalt not sit and watch television all evening ; Thou shalt not have a lie-in on Sunday morning ? |
| 4 | ‘ Do you think we should just sit back and take it ? ’ asked Andrus . |
| 5 | ask you for it , is as it was reasonably sound , there is no reason why it should just sit and suddenly collapse . |
| 6 | sshh , ooh if every body was as good as Victoria that would be wonderful , there 's a heap really , I should just sit somewhere else Bowen , Bowen , Bowen , move somewhere else will you cos they 're in a bit of a state there , alright , , if you 're in Mrs class |
| 7 | We have just arrived here with everything we have soaking wet and so we must just sit still till our clothes are dried and I take the opportunity of the idle time to write to you — |
| 8 | You must n't condemn them , you must n't do anything , you must just sit quiet and say nothing . |
| 9 | There is no known reason why a commission should not sit in parallel with criminal proceedings . |
| 10 | She could not find any reason why Benny Hogan from the shop across the road and Eve Malone from the convent up the town should not sit and drink coffee in her bay window , but somehow she would have preferred to keep the space for wealthier and more important matrons of Knockglen . |
| 11 | There is also the oft repeated argument that we should not sit down together at the table until after unity is accomplished . |
| 12 | We , as members , should not sit on their desks and tell them exactly where to go . |
| 13 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 14 | You should simply sit down and work out why . |
| 15 | Presumably the footballing establishment thought Middlesbrough should simply sit back and accept their dismal fate . |
| 16 | In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions . |
| 17 | You must n't sit down under this . |
| 18 | There is truth , it is possible at least to advance towards it , we must n't sit down in what Hume called ‘ a forlorn scepticism ’ , erm it will require great courage to pursue it , but only by pursuing it shall mankind prosper . |
| 19 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
| 20 | Indeed , as Whips we must sometimes sit through long and tedious debates |
| 21 | Now one can say well what are we aiming for in terms of the sexual harassment free environment , and I think that what one would be aiming for is if not the atmosphere of a girls ' convent school one 's certainly aiming at an environment where women can work and study and interact without the sense of being constantly on display as sexual objects , and , you know , to that extent I do n't know if it is the case that a large number of the respondents are saying , you know , ‘ I have come from an environment when I have n't had to deal with this before , and I do n't expect to have to deal with it ’ then we should certainly sit up and take notice of that . |
| 22 | A are n't we supposed to believe this European union is won , that it 's all unanimous on the rest of it , there does n't seem to be much evidence of that , even when it comes to where the M E Ps should actually sit . |
| 23 | ‘ No , thanks , Franca , dear , let's just sit down and be quiet together . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ So let's just sit down and be quiet , shall we ? ’ |
| 25 | Let's just sit back and consolidate for a while . |
| 26 | No Sally 's new at the job , we 've been working at this for for on on the technical front for some time , now let's just sit down and and work out what we 're gon na do . |
| 27 | There he was , this very old man , talking about his process with tremendous enthusiasm , and then we said , ‘ Well all right , now we 'll all sit down , we 'll have a look at exactly what this two-colour process looked like . |
| 28 | If there are a lot of people sitting in a room they 'll just sit there and they wo n't communicate , whereas two or three or four or five residents will communicate quite freely — they do n't feel inhibited or they do n't feel they 're interrupting somebody else 's television programme or radio or something like that . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If I 'm crying because someone 's been nasty to me , he 'll want to rush away and knock their block off ’ , said one woman , ‘ for anything else he 'll just sit there and look miserable and uncomfortable until I feel I 'm supposed to comfort him ’ . |
| 30 | I 'll just sit down for a moment . ’ |