Example sentences of "[conj] sit down [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , there are some pretty primitive creatures driving around with money in their Torpedoes and Boomerangs , or sitting down with money at the Mahatma or the Assisi , or just standing there with money , in the shops , in the pubs , in the streets . |
| 2 | After a hard days slog in the office making real-life management decisions , there is nothing your average manager likes doing more than sitting down at home making pretend management decisions governing the career development of an amoeba . |
| 3 | Can you two go and sit down with daddy please cos this is getting silly . |
| 4 | Go and sit down with daddy please . |
| 5 | In their new school , their mother says , the Dungworth boys are ‘ very happy ’ taking spelling tests once a week and sitting down at desks . |
| 6 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 7 | I went and sat down beside Vern , who was still asleep , took out my dreams and started to sort them out . |
| 8 | Then he went back and sat down beside Marian with his back to the trees . |
| 9 | Garvey came ducking across the compartment and sat down beside Gabriel , tucking the quilt round him . |
| 10 | For a few moments , Izzie kept piping , then allowed the recorder to drop from her lips and sat down beside Gabriel . |
| 11 | Yanto picked up his ex-army haversack , and sat down beside Billy on a handy sling of timber , Billy mopped his face with a large red handkerchief as they examined the bait of the day . |
| 12 | He made himself a warm , milky drink and sat down to work . |
| 13 | They moved into the next room and sat down to dinner . |
| 14 | Mahmoud dumped the papers on a chair and sat down with relief . |
| 15 | Since he had ten minutes of lunch-break left he strolled into the canteen and sat down with Hickson , one of his more elderly colleagues — an avuncular type , deep in local politics , and decidedly cynical about Greg 's attempts to resuscitate an era of Oswaldston history long and thankfully closed . |
| 16 | I went and sat down with Lenny and Vin , who were making a kite . |
| 17 | I went into the next room and sat down near Lady Furness . |
| 18 | The cat jumped on to his table and sat down in front of the television . |
| 19 | He went up in the lift and sat down in Irina 's pleasant office . |
| 20 | He seemed about to leave — walked to the door , in any case — but when he reached the foot of the bed , he took hold of the brass upright and pulled the bed out into the room ; then he carried a second ladderback chair to the head of the bed and sat down behind Annie . |
| 21 | She thought it might as well be Betty and sat down by Finn , because then Betty , even if displeased at her laziness , could not fail to commend her courtesy . |
| 22 | She stood up and opened the door for Hosanna to leave , turned and sat down by Lee on the bed . |
| 23 | Eventually he stopped at the window-seat and sat down by Elisabeth : ‘ He says we should ask Fru Gertlinger and Fru Børre to act as caretakers of the houses on the usual terms until further notice . |
| 24 | In bed in hostel in Lausanne — had a most restful evening , did n't have any tea apart from some crisps and an apple , and sat down by Lac Leman for a couple of hours or so , taking in the evening sun and reading 's book . |