Example sentences of "[pron] sat down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity . |
2 | I sat down under a rhododendron bush and thought , And so am I , loony . |
3 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
4 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
5 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
6 | I sat down at the end of one of the tables and looked around me . |
7 | I sat down at the keyboard blowing my mind with Puccini . |
8 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
9 | I sat down at the kitchen table to watch Mrs Clamp work . |
10 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
11 | So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on . |
12 | I sat down on a rock in the golden air and stared at the vast expanse of glassy blue and listened to the sucking and lapping . |
13 | I sat down on a milking stool , rolled up my trouser leg and examined the roll of skin which hung like a diploma at the end ofa long graze where the sharp hoof had dragged along . |
14 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
15 | I sat down on the straw and looked around . |
16 | I sat down on the bench and leaned back against the wall . |
17 | I sat down on the wooden bed . |
18 | The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint . |
19 | I sat down on the sea shore , placing a large black pebble beside me … [ whilst pretending that ] by touching the pebble [ I could ] wipe out … all … life on earth … so that [ it ] had never existed . |
20 | I sat down on the sand , in the darkness cast by a large boulder . |
21 | And then I sat down on the bed and opened it . |
22 | I sat down on the only patch of turf |
23 | Greetings said , I sat down on the chair she proffered and explained the purpose of my visit . |
24 | I sat down on the sofa next to her and patted her hand . |
25 | I sat down on the edge of the table . |
26 | I sat down on the cases of beer and Patterson perched on the edge of an armchair . |
27 | I went into a toilet and there was none and I sat down on the toilet , looked up , they were all above the door , five of them ! |
28 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
29 | I sat down near the representative from Belgium . |
30 | I sat down near the fire and looked around me . |