Example sentences of "[pron] sit [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
| 2 | The café itself is so crowded with smoke that I sit outside on a bench . |
| 3 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 4 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 5 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 6 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 7 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 8 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 9 | About 9.30 I sit down with a cup of coffee to read the paper . |
| 10 | I sit there for a bit longer , till I finish my coffee , then I decide to go out and have a look round the station . |
| 11 | I sit there for a second thinking , No , it ca n't be … |
| 12 | I sit there with a pair of tweezers going my mum thinks you 're so fussy , and I 'm like |
| 13 | The next task is to cut the hide to a more manageable size , and I assumed that the straps would be cut out at this stage , so looked around for someone sitting down with a steel rule and a knife . |
| 14 | " May I sit here for a while and keep you company ? " asked the fox . |
| 15 | I sat around for a while , talking to people . |
| 16 | When I arrived at the Demob Centre , I sat around in a bare hall for what seemed like a couple of hours , with two or three hundred other Waafs , and we stared at each other without interest . |
| 17 | I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity . |
| 18 | I sat down under a rhododendron bush and thought , And so am I , loony . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I ran down the pavement to get as far away from the hotel as I could , then I sat down in a doorway and continued crying . |
| 26 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 27 | I sat down in a very deep sofa . |
| 28 | With a second cup in my hand , I sat down in an upright chair opposite my hostess . |
| 29 | I sat in on a board meeting the week before last and the Manager 's alleged report was nothing more than a series of orders closely followed by a succession of demands . |
| 30 | I sat there for a while . |