Example sentences of "[adj] sit [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I wish someone else would take on the major record companies , but nobody does , and I 'm not prepared to sit back and watch them stifle British music . |
| 2 | Mr Spooner said : ‘ It is a scandal that the Government is prepared to sit back and see Amsterdam 's Schiphol airport promote itself as the ideal destination for passengers from the UK regions wishing to connect with inter-continental flights . |
| 3 | Since no scientist was prepared to sit down and do a comparable amount of research in order to demolish a theory which seemed so patently to be a load of rubbish , they all simply cried ‘ Rubbish ! ’ and stamped their feet . |
| 4 | It might sound like an impossible recipe , but this can only be achieved when the government is prepared to sit down and talk constructively and openly with all parties . |
| 5 | Mr Chalmers said in Glasgow : ‘ The only political parties who are not prepared to sit down and talk about the recall of a Scottish parliament are the Tory party and the Labour Party . |
| 6 | If you and your children have always talked together on all kinds of subjects , you may find it easier to sit down and talk reasonably and quietly about some of the hard decisions that have to be made . |
| 7 | I mean , I was gon na let you have them next week , but if you 'd like some to sit down and look at erm I 'll find my things if I can . |
| 8 | She asked for any qualified teacher interested in assisting with training — not necessarily on a full time basis — but willing to sit in and observe and become involved generally — perhaps you have a special knowledge and/or interest in Music — Dance — Anatomy — Etc or would like to know more about training and the role of the trainer . |
| 9 | In another BT study , Away From Base , psychologist Dr Guy Fielding identifies four distinct travelling personalities — the ‘ bee ’ who works hard when travelling but gets impatient if the journey takes too long ; the ‘ chameleon ’ who finds it easy to sit back and relax despite travel disruptions ; the reliable ‘ beaver ’ who always gets the job done but prefers to be in constant contact when on the move ; and the independent ‘ cat ’ who really prefers to be at home and likes to ‘ take his own world with him ’ when travelling . |
| 10 | Right : It 's so easy to sit back and relax in this beautiful conservatory from Durabuild . |
| 11 | Stay here and , within a very short time , it is easy to sit back and imagine the life and traditional ways of the peasants who once toiled here and in the hills all around . |
| 12 | Issues such as the abolition of capital punishment or the legislation on abortion inevitably revealed a picture of an open , competitive pattern of politics where the state was often content to sit back and referee the group struggle . |
| 13 | Because you know money-wise because we were not content to sit back and see er schemes being introduced that , which were going to act as a deterrent to er our members er being able to earn wages er on incentives and so therefore erm what happened was that we agreed that the consultants er head personnel manager would come down and talk to each group of people who were being put on to the incentive scheme , one , in order that he go over everything with them in regard to its application , and two , then answer any practical questions er where our members may find that there could be difficulties . |
| 14 | Kirov said nothing , content to sit back and let the full impact of his well-constructed lie sink in . |
| 15 | He seemed quite content to sit back and let Stephen do the talking when Elvin Braithwaite , the island 's Immigration chief , knocked and entered . |
| 16 | You are not content to sit there and listen and observe — you need to tell anyone teaching you something new that you learn best by getting involved . |
| 17 | ‘ People are likely to sit down and work out how much they can save by buying now , and then they 'll come back to us , ’ says Evans Halshaw general manager Joe Curley . |
| 18 | I was only too glad to sit down and wait . |
| 19 | Chilled and depressed , unwilling to sit there and listen to the conversation , Luce got to her feet and left , closing the door behind her . |
| 20 | Well , he would make them all sit up and take notice . |
| 21 | It 's not surprising that an unemployed 17 year old pipe-fitter , like the one I spoke to called Chas , has an English Lion tattooed on his forearm and wears a White Power badge : — ‘ A Rasta can wear a Black is Beautiful badge and They all sit up and start clapping ’ , Chas told me . |
| 22 | This has made us all sit up and think . |
| 23 | It 's made us all sit up and think about what whe 're doing . |
| 24 | ‘ If we have any problems we all sit down and talk about it till they are sorted . |
| 25 | ‘ If we have any problems we all sit down and talk about it till they are sorted . |
| 26 | But he added : ‘ Displaying banners calling for the manager to be sacked will do nobody any good , and it is best that we all sit down and talk things over . ’ |
| 27 | Yes , I have n't brought the modular things I mentioned to you on the phone the other day but I think it would be very useful to sit down and look at structuring that |
| 28 | It 's no good sitting down and moaning and , and being depressed and saying well I wo n't do that I wo n't do that . |
| 29 | Later when the video is finished they will all sit back and view each of the attempts and learn from the mistakes . |
| 30 | We all sat together and waited , while the doctor stayed with his patient . |