Example sentences of "sit [prep] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paused for a moment remembering how from her earliest days she had sat with her father in the small shed working the leather . |
| 2 | So many years had passed since she 'd sat with her own grandmother in just this sort of quiet companionship . |
| 3 | So St Margaret had sat in her empty court feeling neglected for decades . |
| 4 | That the little girl who had sat on her granny 's knee and smiled and laughed , would grow up to give herself to anyone and everyone who asked her ? |
| 5 | Oliver wanted to go there because it had a sheltered terrace where they could sit outside , but it was too full of memories : it was the place where Rain had sat on her own while Sabine Jourdain was fighting for her life on board the Jonquil , where Tim had left behind his wallet , where Rain had first seen the pedlar . |
| 6 | Oh well she must be sat on her potty ! |
| 7 | He had spent his grief in the day and night he had sat at her bedside . |
| 8 | Her tone bode no contradiction ; it was the voice so well remembered by all those who , over twelve years , had sat at her feet in a thousand Cabinets . |
| 9 | He emphasized the surname slightly , knowing he was being unfair because they had n't known it during those first days when Bacci had sat by her bedside . |
| 10 | Jacob had sat by her bedside and cried . |
| 11 | And the kids , then aged eleven and thirteen , sat by her side for four hours holding her hand and telling her she was going to get better . |
| 12 | She used to sit behind her desk looking very prim and proper , and er I do n't , I do n't quite honestly think we would 've dared say anything to her at all . |
| 13 | She used to sit behind her desk like this with her legs open and her knickers used to come down here , pink ones and blue ones . |
| 14 | Claudia sits with her eyes downcast . |
| 15 | ‘ When I 'm bottle feeding them , she sits with her head on my knee . |
| 16 | Rachaela was shepherded into the room to sit with her pale , saved child . |
| 17 | She always used to sit with her legs open and these bloody knickers |
| 18 | She sits in her bed-sitting-room-study reading books . |
| 19 | As I pass , I see the girl with glasses as she sits in her bed ; her spectacled eyes flashing bulbs on the screen . |
| 20 | State Trooper McNamara sits in her chair . |
| 21 | He sat at the table at the upstairs window , as Montaine used to sit in her room in the smallholding , overlooking a view much like the one she loved over heathland towards the forest . |
| 22 | Now , though , she only wanted to sit in her room a while . |
| 23 | He gave her a look of amused speculation and she was glad to sit in her corner and leave him to get the drinks . |
| 24 | Well , Bryony wants to sit in her own chair today , so you sit on your own chair . |
| 25 | I go there , and I sit in her room , and we are very quiet , I do n't fucking camp around , I never smoke , and we tell one another the truth . |
| 26 | Now her boyfriend vanishes , and Tommy and Iain just kind of move in , take over , rearrange the furniture , and sit in her front room drinking litre bottles of Old English Cider . |
| 27 | The woman detective had gone off with Roxie Farmer to give her a cup of tea and sit in her house keeping an eye on her . |
| 28 | KIER SITS ON HER BEDSPREAD , and fiddles with the lighting . |
| 29 | A bird sits on her eggs . |
| 30 | She sits on her own bed and watches him . ) |