Example sentences of "[vb mod] sit [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must sit up in bed , breathing is worse ( < ) lying down . |
| 2 | In other words , the means by which these conflicts of interest and duty are to be managed in conglomerates must sit comfortably with the rationale of conglomeration : the pursuit of economic benefits . |
| 3 | I must sit down for two minutes , Jim . |
| 4 | He must sit upright at a table to eat his meals : he can not eat off a tray sitting in bed or an easy chair . |
| 5 | ‘ And now a right-wing , brain which must sit nicely with our Mastas . ’ |
| 6 | Now your shelf should sit neatly in place , resting firmly on all three supported sides . |
| 7 | I should sit down to the job Tim and you wo n't fall over . |
| 8 | They should sit down with some of us who are interested in these matters and draw up a quality scheme that works . |
| 9 | the British government should sit down with Gerry Addams . |
| 10 | The patient should sit correctly at all times : he should not have to hold his hemiplegic leg up with his unaffected leg , as this is tiring for him , and creates the danger that his outstretched legs might easily be jarred or hit . |
| 11 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 12 | Now I might sit down on the beach and have a good blub . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I should love to see them sometime , ’ said Charles , ‘ but I wonder if I might sit down for a little ? |
| 14 | Cos he might sit down in the middle |
| 15 | That 's another ten grand fifteen grand I 'll sit up on top of the bonfire until it gets hot |
| 16 | I 've given her a mild sedative and I 'll sit here with her myself until she sleeps . ’ |
| 17 | We 'll sit apart from them , as we 're of a lower class ! |
| 18 | I 'll sit down for three minutes ! |
| 19 | When the crisis is over he 'll sit down with his team and review all the factors and identify what future improvements can be made . |
| 20 | I 'll come round when we sign the deal after we 've signed the deal I 'll sit down with you for er er fifteen minutes however long it takes to decide on the copy . |
| 21 | she 'll sit down with perhaps a pen in her hand and then go up and |
| 22 | With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together . |
| 23 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
| 24 | He 'll sit there on the floor with them and play with the magnets . |
| 25 | He 'll sit there by the fire for a long time , with scotch bottle , with alerted chemistry . |
| 26 | Then I 'll park my car where you said and I 'll sit there till |
| 27 | ‘ We 'd sit around in the evening , Dad in his chair , he had the comfortable one , and we 'd say to him , tell us about Disneyland , and he 'd chew on his pipe and be all embarrassed and smile , and we felt like a family . |
| 28 | and er , we had to set it up here and we sit here watching the telly and they 'd sit here for hours |
| 29 | I 'd sit up in my room bashing out the blues like I was Blind Lemon Matlock . |
| 30 | so I mean in particular its alright if there 's a good film worth watching , for that I 'd sit up till twelve |