Example sentences of "[pron] sit [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I sat there for ages , waiting , talking to the baby . |
| 2 | At first puzzled , then anxious , then furious with disbelief , you sit in the driveway with the engine running ; you sit there for weeks , months , for years , waiting for the doors to open . |
| 3 | How could you kiss someone properly when you knew they had let you sit there for hours waiting for them while they went off and had dinner with someone else ? |
| 4 | At the end of one particularly difficult morning surgery , she sat down for coffee with a long sigh of relief . |
| 5 | They compose themselves as the laibon appears and suggests we sit down for tea . |
| 6 | As we sat down for Cabinet I told Nigel that we must meet afterwards . |
| 7 | It was like Ruth , to bring her to a place she hated and loathed , and make her sit here for hours with wet hair . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , he sits there for hours , he thinks . ’ |
| 9 | And he , he sat there for ages |