Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] sit [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event I was shown into a small room with Her Majesty , where we sat together for some twenty minutes chatting amiably about almost anything under the sun . |
| 2 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 3 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |
| 4 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 5 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 6 | That summer the maternal grandmother 's gift of a Ramadan feast was brought without question to the family majlis , and the young Sheikh , his friends and I sat together for those last painful moments of the first day of Ramadan . |
| 7 | Well it wo n't be if you sat there for too long . |
| 8 | but they , they wo n't , they took two days off last week and they sat indoors for two days , they 've got a love , you know there fantastic couple , really fantastic , they 'll do anything for you , but it 's like Dave , Dave 's always saying take up golf , go swimming |
| 9 | Wo n't you be afraid while you sit down for your long wait ? ’ |
| 10 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 11 | The ninth bomber came out of a lightening sky at six o'clock exactly , and though she sat there for another hour , it was the last . |
| 12 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 13 | When we sat down for our sandwiches , I made him go away with the grisly thing , but we could still hear him crunching away behind a rock — first a crunch then a cough as he swallowed a feather , then another crunch then more coughs until he realised there was no future in it and came round for a sandwich . |
| 14 | As we sat down for Cabinet I told Nigel that we must meet afterwards . |