Example sentences of "[conj] sat down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tiptoed across the aisle and sat down beside the motionless figure . |
| 2 | I 've forgotten the last time we really enjoyed ourselves together and sat down to a meal uninterrupted by telephone calls . ’ |
| 3 | It was in the third week after Minch had gone that he had first noticed that one of the Men , older than the Keeper , regularly came to the benches that ranged along the path by the Cages , and sat down for a while . |
| 4 | ‘ I think I 'm going to vomit , ’ she muttered to no one in particular , and sat down with a plop on a new imitation Italian chair , which received her with a reedy groan . |
| 5 | Miranda shook her head , and Madame blew her disgust through her teeth , and sat down with a magazine with a cover picture of the future Queen Fabiola of Belgium smiling on the arm of her optician 's pin-up of a fiancé . |
| 6 | He felt his foot slip under him and sat down with a jarring shock , landing uncomfortably on a spanner and a piece of plastic tubing . |
| 7 | Maxham removed an empty paint tin from the seat of the nearest armchair and sat down with a sigh of relief ‘ I 've got this verruca , ’ he confided . |
| 8 | He unclipped the empty drum and slammed on a full one , thrust the gun forward and sat down with a thud that shook the cockpit . |
| 9 | She piled a week 's dirty clothes into the washing-machine , and sat down with a book . |
| 10 | She felt sick again , and sat down with a plonk . |
| 11 | We walked out on to the large veranda and sat down with the lagoon spread out below and in front of us . |
| 12 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |
| 13 | The burly bruiser got up , carried his toddy over and sat down opposite the bearded man , who listened to him muttering , then gave him a silver coin . |
| 14 | They collected steaming mugs of frothy coffee and sat down opposite the gleaming silver water boiler . |
| 15 | Sir Ralph ( he had been knighted by Margaret Thatcher in 1980 for raising money from commerce and industry to finance the activities of Conservative Central Office when in Opposition ) bought a coffee and sat down at a corner table . |
| 16 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 17 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 18 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 19 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 20 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 21 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 22 | He tossed the empty packet onto the overflowing bin in the corner of the room and sat down at the table . |
| 23 | He stood glowering at her dangerously ; then abruptly shoved the cup on to the windowsill , among some geraniums that stood there in pots , and sat down at the table . |
| 24 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |
| 25 | Dexter dragged over a chair and sat down at the desk . |
| 26 | He found an old , broken chair and sat down at the piano . |
| 27 | He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano . |
| 28 | She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it . |
| 29 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 30 | Then he put more wood on the fire and sat down at the table again with his books . |