Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] sit " in BNC.

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1 These provisions do not sit happily with the implied limitation for which Hambros Jersey contended .
2 Among the pieces of evidence advanced for the traditional view , for example , are the facts that until late in the reign of Suleyman the Muftis were considerably less well-paid than the kazaskers and that the Muftis did not sit in the divan whereas the kazaskers did .
3 On Tuesday Jessie went to a restaurant , cats do n't sit at tables said Jessie and .
4 This , as one of the very few occasions , when , during a meeting , the girls did not sit traditionally silent or whisper amongst themselves .
5 Being the world 's No 1 in the Sony rankings did not sit easily on Woosnam 's shoulders .
6 But these requirements do not sit easily with the generous philosophy of the DES booklet .
7 Little boys do not sit on windowsills .
8 Working-class Protestants had some material advantages over their Catholic competitors and enjoyed preferential treatment in housing and local government employment but these advantages were sometimes marginal and were not often felt to be considerable advantages because the Protestants did not sit down to statistical comparisons of their standards of living with the opportunities of Catholics .
9 One of the twins had better sit on my lap .
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