Example sentences of "[conj] sit [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
| 2 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 3 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 4 | He let his hand wander a little , and got it petulantly pushed away as she heaved herself out of the clutches of the chesterfield 's upholstery , and sat up on the edge of it . |
| 5 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 6 | He stopped work , and sat back on the edge of the lawn . |
| 7 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 8 | his voice altering in pitch , Ajayi took a deep breath and sat back on the stool . |
| 9 | Ari nodded and sat down on the cushions . |
| 10 | Elisabeth was hot ; she took off her raincoat , set down the knapsack containing her lunch and some books and sat down on the bench opposite a thicket of hazel , through which a path had been cut . |
| 11 | He glanced at Tock then climbed slowly up the steps to the basket and sat down on the little seat provided . |
| 12 | Then he moved from the centre of the room towards Franca , who moved quickly aside , and sat down on the chair which she had vacated , and leaned his head back against the wall and closed his eyes . |
| 13 | At another whistle the Friar stopped and sat down on the stump of a tree . |
| 14 | I put the puppy inside , closing the doors , and sat down on the roof . |
| 15 | Lee had suddenly stopped in the middle of washing up a pottery casserole dish , quietly placed it on the draining-board and sat down on the kitchen floor . |
| 16 | These simple precautions observed , Kirov relaxed and sat down on the edge of his small cot , smiling with relief . |
| 17 | He 'd expected it and just shrugged his shoulders and sat down on the stool . |
| 18 | He came in carrying a bunch of black grapes , and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 19 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 20 | Ludovico stopped removing her clothes and sat down on the bed . |
| 21 | He hopped out of the water and sat down on the bank next to Anabelle . |
| 22 | Fleury tripped over something and sat down on the floor while the sepoy worked his shoulders a little to loosen himself up for a swipe . |
| 23 | Emily walked into the sitting room , let the coat fall to the floor and sat down on the couch , crossing her legs as she had in the wine bar , and watching him coolly as he stood there in the doorway . |
| 24 | We went into my room and sat down on the floor together , and dried each other 's tears ; then I began to laugh a bit , ruefully , because I suddenly imagined how we must look , a hulking great coloured man and a girl sitting snivelling in front of a gas-fire mopping up the tears with dozens of paper hankies . |
| 25 | At last she found her way out of the pool and sat down on the ground . |
| 26 | He flicked two inches of ash on the floor and sat down on the edge of the bed I had just vacated . |
| 27 | She escaped to her own room and sat down on the bed , huddling in her damp raincoat and picking at the stitches of the band on her arm . |
| 28 | They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead . |
| 29 | I slithered from his hands and sat down on the ground and he dragged me up . |
| 30 | Therefore to make sure of this important condition he took off his trousers and sat down on the seed-bed , thus testing the warmth of Mother Earth through the most sensitive part of his anatomy . |