Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Curriculum sections of the ERA , essentially centralising and directive in character , sit uneasily with a variety of other arrangements which undermine the Local Education Authority as intermediary between centre ( DES ) and periphery ( school ) : ‘ opting out ’ , City Technology Colleges ( CTCs ) , open enrolment , local management of schools ( LMS ) . |
| 2 | Such arguments sit uneasily within a tradition of British poverty research where data are constructed in ways which prevent ‘ race ’ ( let alone racism ) being a focus of analysis . |
| 3 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In one house a family of six sit down to a meal , using three-legged chairs and chunks of masonry for seats . |
| 6 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 7 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 8 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 9 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 12 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 13 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 14 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 15 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 16 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | Sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of the things you have wanted to do in the past few years . |
| 21 | Rather , sit down with a friend , and talk through what happened , and try to see how your behaviour may have contributed to their behaviour . |
| 22 | About 9.30 I sit down with a cup of coffee to read the paper . |
| 23 | 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 … |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 26 | Moreover the fractal transform technique provides perceptual resolution independence : zoom in to a picture and instead of getting a blocky , pixellated image , the software gives a realistic effect by actually adding detail in that was n't in the original . |
| 27 | Push gently to a count of five and repeat other side . |
| 28 | It does this because it shows how if we start from our own case alone , and concentrate entirely upon a conception of mental states which is independent of behaviour , we can not move from our conception of ourselves as subjects of experience to a conception of other subjects . |
| 29 | Using something tangible like photographs keeps the memory load down to a minimum and eases the stress of always having to think of something to say . |
| 30 | Fibrous tissue replaces this , the capillaries heal and contract down over a period of months to leave a linear scar . |