Example sentences of "i sit [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 2 | ‘ But Mr Carson said ‘ Are you going to make me sit down ? ’ |
| 3 | mummy me sit down and , and |
| 4 | ‘ Allow me to sit back in amazement , young Ashley , ’ I said , crossing my arms and twisting in my seat to face her . |
| 5 | Teacher : If you found a bigger box could we add it to the train for me to sit in ? |
| 6 | Another recurrent crisis , during university years , was the cerebral accident — a subarachnoid haemorrhage unambiguous enough for me to sit down with pen and I paper and put my affairs in order . |
| 7 | I can see why he asked me to sit down ! |
| 8 | But if you really want to punish me , force me to sit down and watch The Gladiators . |
| 9 | She saw that I was looking pale and vacant and told me to sit down . |
| 10 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |
| 11 | He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details . |
| 12 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
| 13 | She was obviously puzzled , but she invited me to sit down , and offered me a glass of sherry . |
| 14 | Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis . |
| 15 | Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered . |
| 16 | I indicated a chair and she nodded that it was OK for me to sit down . |
| 17 | " I do n't think I 'll ever feel anything ever again with the region I sit on , " grinned Chuck as he continued to bounce up and down on the plank bench . |
| 18 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |
| 19 | I sit over its red eye in the cave and listen to the musics of the atmosphere . |
| 20 | I sit up and rest against the wall . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sorry to interrupt , ’ they say politely on the phone , and I sit up straighter and always feel guilty . |
| 22 | I sit up in bed and swing my legs to the floor . |
| 23 | I sit up and stretch . |
| 24 | I sit up and examine the room . |
| 25 | My hair sticks to it when I sit up in bed . |
| 26 | I sit up in bed and switch the light on , shaken awake by pure embarrassment . |
| 27 | I sit around here all night to make sure he does n't have a relapse . |
| 28 | I sit down too . |
| 29 | There 's still a couple of beat up chairs there and I sit down in one of them . |
| 30 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |