Example sentences of "they just sit " in BNC.
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1 | They just sit back and relax . |
2 | They just sit there mesmerized for half an hour and then |
3 | They just sit there by the fire projecting their thoughts into each other 's brains , like me and Greenslade . |
4 | Straightforward in principle , although highly complex in technical detail , the majority of today 's desk-top fax machines rarely seek to sell themselves with seductive design ( the usual Japanese route to consumer appeal ) ; they just sit there , looking like little photocopiers or big telephones , doing what they are supposed to do . |
5 | No not really — they just sit down and they listen to me and they 'll say something — " Brenda where you come from ? " [ laughs ] somefin' like that , you know what I mean , cause I 'm born English so they aks me what I want to speak Patois for ? |
6 | Groups go up there and they pay the money for it and they put it in the middle while you 're waiting for the film , it 's all carpeted and you can watch all the monitors and they just sit down this huge tub of popcorn they had an op |
7 | I was born a poor black boy down in Mississippi , out in Alabama and he 's like a jet white ai n't he ? and he says I always felt different cos all the other kids they just sit there and they 'd be tapping their feet and then you go onto the oh and they 're getting the old rhythm going , like they do and he 'd be going like I all so different I could n't quite do this and he used to get in look , and er |
8 | and the material is , you feel the stretch , the others are like this and they just sit there , but then in the end they ride up you see |
9 | So they just sit in the inside lane do n't they , turn up the radio , or put a cassette in , or maybe even get their papers on their lap and , thing , yes , but then the ones that did n't do this planning are the ones that you see going see them , probably you . |
10 | They just sit up in their rooms and smoke hash and never speak to each other . |