Example sentences of "sat [pn reflx] down " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	While the adults sat on their forms we sat ourselves down on an assortment of broken chairs borrowed from the neighbours .
2	Michael sat himself down in an armchair and looked around the room slowly .
3	So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water .
4	Cornelius sat himself down and regarded the envelopes with suspicion .
5	The two girls collected their little felt bags and scurried away as Charlie sat himself down on a stool next to a box of plums .
6	Deliberately she sat herself down at her desk and examined her post .
7	Scarcely pausing for thought , she sat herself down at the keyboard and , without so much as a sheet of music to look at , launched into Rachmaninov 's Second Piano Concerto , blushing deeply to the round of spontaneous applause .
8	Mrs Tilling viewed the proceedings with some misgivings , but sat herself down gingerly on the edge of the seat .
9	Choosing a chair with its back to the front door and Bennett 's look-out post , Kelly sat herself down .
10	She was surprised and sat herself down more carefully than was necessary on the stone seating .
11	As Mrs Cohen sat herself down on one of the wooden kitchen chairs , a basin between her feet , and commenced with some savagery to pluck the feathers from the hen 's carcass , Judith made no comment .
12	But Rosa motioned to him to sit , and sat herself down , opposite him at the table , expectant .
13	With a neat and elegant sideways kick of her high-heeled white sandal , she closed the door behind her and sat herself down opposite me in my visitors ' chair .
14	McAllister sat herself down opposite him and poured out two cups of coffee — he had refused to drink his own until she had joined him .
15	Lori sat herself down .
16	I put my bag on the cobbles , rubbed my aching shoulder and sat myself down .

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