Example sentences of "[verb] down [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Playing a Stableford of the three best individual scores , they finish about 3½ hours later and sit down to a breakfast provided by the ladies . |
| 2 | In one house a family of six sit down to a meal , using three-legged chairs and chunks of masonry for seats . |
| 3 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 4 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 5 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 6 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 7 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
| 8 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 9 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 10 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 11 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 12 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 13 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 14 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 15 | However , you do not need to invest in expensive gadgets in order to find if you are fat around the middle : sit down on a seat , relax , do not pull your tummy in , and pinch the fat just above your waist . |
| 16 | And do you find that if you sit down with a guitar to write , with all the best intentions in the world , you end up … |
| 17 | Sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of the things you have wanted to do in the past few years . |
| 18 | Rather , sit down with a friend , and talk through what happened , and try to see how your behaviour may have contributed to their behaviour . |
| 19 | About 9.30 I sit down with a cup of coffee to read the paper . |
| 20 | That was very early on in my filming if anyone had asked me I would have said ‘ I 'm always on the move , you know I never sit down in a lesson , and I do n't sit down but where I was on the move was in a very limited space so just having the camera at the back on that table , just having it still showed me so much about what was going on in the room and how you use the time … |
| 21 | Life becomes crazy when I 'm recording Birds Of A Feather so I tend to organise working lunches and sit down in a restaurant to get my fuel . |
| 22 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 23 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 24 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 25 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
| 26 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 27 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
| 28 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 29 | ‘ I am not about to sit down to a meal with you , ’ she said bitingly , ‘ Nor am I — ’ |
| 30 | She was tirelessly willing to discuss things in the manner of the country ; to sit down with a landlord , for example , and answer such questions as whether England was smaller than London , and which of the two belonged to France , and how much larger the Turkish navy was than those of England , France and Russia put together . |