Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] sit [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must sit down for two minutes , Jim . |
| 2 | I 'll sit down for three minutes ! |
| 3 | She would sit down for one minute and then she would go and warm herself beside Tom . |
| 4 | I like to put the television on , as there 's usually a very good programme at twelve ten like there is supposedly Rainbow today , but there is n't , which I find very useful for my toddler while I 'm getting lunch for the baby , myself and her , so she can sit down for twenty minutes , there can be a few minutes peace , and there 's just you know it 's just not on . |
| 5 | That would help to show the universal determination of all parties in the House to achieve an answer that will provide a proper future for British agriculture and enable me at least to be able to tell my companions in the negotiations that there are things that matter so much to us that we will sit there until we achieve them , even if it means that we will sit there for many more months to come . |