Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] sit " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used to all sit glowering into their beer . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | None of them seem to be finding it so terribly difficult to just sit on their brooms . |
| 4 | She seemed distressed , ‘ I mean Balbinder , he used to just sit by the telly , even now he still … he wants toys … he does n't want to do the things , he wants to do all the time what he wants to do … ’ |
| 5 | Having created their masterpiece , they 're hardly going to just sit on it ( and spin ) — putting it into the Public Domain is a very cost-effective method of bringing their work to the attention of leading software development houses ( Ashley Routledge and David Saunders of Poseidon and St Dragon fame started out this way ) . |
| 6 | From June to mid-September there is a piano bar , or you may simply prefer to just sit on the terrace with a cocktail at sunset . |
| 7 | But he 's not going to just sit there for long . |
| 8 | I used to just sit and cry . |
| 9 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 10 | It was not possible to just sit in the car and wait . |
| 11 | It would have been so good to just sit there and let Luke hold her , to draw comfort from his strength , but how could she do that when he was supposedly in league with the man who had done that to her house ? |
| 12 | Now it was soothing to just sit out on the terrace and watch the night unfold . |
| 13 | You have to just sit yeah |
| 14 | I did n't want to just sit and |
| 15 | Well you ca n't expect them to just sit . |
| 16 | Lead words , if you want to sit down and , in , in general you see er , you want to just sit down and think about what you 're doing and what you 're not doing , you can sit down and exercise on these words , now I 'm not saying you 'd ever want to do that , right now if , now you know I was saying to you about comparative questions right |
| 17 | But this did n't stick , and because his style was as I have said to always sit and wait , and never to make the first move , we began to call him The Older Man ; and then this became just Older , and finally just O. |
| 18 | But you do have to still sit down and get that information . |
| 19 | ‘ It will take some neck for him to now sit there and sing Pele 's praises at this function . ’ |
| 20 | To simply sit on this cushion at the BBC day after day and flip on anything they thought was moving — well , I thought that was the most sacred and powerful position in the universe . |
| 21 | And the local tavernas are the best places to sample the delicious Greek cuisine or to simply sit back with a glass of ouzo and watch the world go by . |
| 22 | How easy it could be for him — to simply sit in the cockpit of his Foxbat and fly to freedom . |
| 23 | However , I would n't want to simply sit back on our achievement , because there 's no room for complacency . |
| 24 | There 's certainly plenty of opportunity to do that in the current glorious weather … and to simply sit and enjoy some of the traditional treats at Henley . |
| 25 | If you can find the time amidst the hustle and bustle of modern life to simply sit and enjoy your own company , you 'll be granted a rare insight into what 's vital for your happiness and fulfilment . |
| 26 | But I believe that what you should do with trying to come to estimates of housing provision , is to put together the best technical assumptions that you can , to then sit down and take a long hard look at the figures based on the erm the policies of the County Council as approved by the Secretary of State in previous structure plan approvals , the current government policy . |
| 27 | Once a week ministers will get their intelligence summary in the ‘ Red Book ’ , all the trouble spots in the world , and one pays clever people like you to actually sit there and be plugged in as best one can to the trouble spots , with much better sources of information than the poor old chap in the street , to alert ministers on our behalf of potential disasters . |
| 28 | obviously identifiable it 's a very effective one and also the structured thought patterns idea er before you go into something to actually sit down and prepare something er your thoughts in a developing from there er it 's a very simple thing to do but very effective . |
| 29 | also the people on the ground I mean er surely it would n't do any harm to actually sit down and put some veiws forward from the whole department |
| 30 | We 'll probably take this on paper , so the reason it 's on the agenda is to tell you as a department that we 've had this sent to us , erm we 've got a meeting later this week to actually sit down and analyse it and to put something on paper to send up to command . |