Example sentences of "[pron] sit [coord] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She bade them sit and brought a tray of wine , cups , and a bowl of sugared wafers . |
2 | I made my way to an hotel lounge in the Diamond , where I sat and read a leaflet I had picked up in the church . |
3 | I sat and watched the monkey in the other car straighten up and hold open the door for him . |
4 | At times it comes home to you and you sit and have a weep . |
5 | And then in , in the front you can go and sit there before you sit and have a |
6 | He described being n charge of the grass courts at Wimbledon as ‘ the easiest job in the world , ’ adding , ‘ You sit and watch the grass grow , tell other people when to cut it and then watch it grow again . ’ |
7 | but um I 'm a great believer that it 's rather nice to have that going on while the event is going on you know you sit and munch a corned beef butty as you dribble your coffee down the front of your shirt |
8 | do you see what I mean , right , sit and re-question close , right you can close them on ee do you want to include the extra window for two hundred pound , you follow me you 've hit them with a price you want to close them , right and you sit and do the paperwork and you just say to them do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds because you 've already said to them you , you give an extra , do you follow me ? |
9 | She sat and drank the tea and thought about S. Kettering . |
10 | Later she sat and watched the golden sky turn to ruby over the roofs , the distant trees of the park blacken and fade . |
11 | Vibrant with exercise , alone , firmly pushing aside all thought that oppressed her , she sat and watched the sea , while the salty air buffeted softly against her cheeks and the gulls wheeled overhead , slightly paler than the pale sky . |
12 | Instead she sat and considered the matter . |
13 | She sat and sipped a cocktail , which Kattina had mixed . |
14 | We sat and had a relaxing drink before we cooked them a typical English dinner of baked cod with new potatoes and vegetables , followed by rhubarb fool and cognac . |
15 | Instead of being treated to the confrontation between the great lion Aslan and the forces of hell , we sat and watched a game of cat and mouse . |
16 | We sat and watched the Wimbledon semi-finals ! |
17 | Together they sat and watched the plane circle . |
18 | He sat and watched the quill being borne along by the current and then leaning over as it tugged at the end of the swim . |