Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] sit [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must sit down for two minutes , Jim . |
| 2 | ‘ I should love to see them sometime , ’ said Charles , ‘ but I wonder if I might sit down for a little ? |
| 3 | I 'll sit down for three minutes ! |
| 4 | I could sit here for hours , just looking . |
| 5 | I would sit there for ages trying to figure out how it accomplished this . |
| 6 | She would sit down for one minute and then she would go and warm herself beside Tom . |
| 7 | These were family treats particularly enjoyed by the star-struck sisters who would sit silently for hours lost in the fantasy of the silver screen . |
| 8 | I like to put the television on , as there 's usually a very good programme at twelve ten like there is supposedly Rainbow today , but there is n't , which I find very useful for my toddler while I 'm getting lunch for the baby , myself and her , so she can sit down for twenty minutes , there can be a few minutes peace , and there 's just you know it 's just not on . |
| 9 | ‘ You can sit here for the moment , ’ said Dyson , opening the mail from his in-tray , ‘ while we get this sorted out . |
| 10 | That would help to show the universal determination of all parties in the House to achieve an answer that will provide a proper future for British agriculture and enable me at least to be able to tell my companions in the negotiations that there are things that matter so much to us that we will sit there until we achieve them , even if it means that we will sit there for many more months to come . |
| 11 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
| 12 | and er , we had to set it up here and we sit here watching the telly and they 'd sit here for hours |