Example sentences of "[pron] sit [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 2 | I sat up at the counter and ordered Scotch on the rocks . |
| 3 | I sat down at the keyboard blowing my mind with Puccini . |
| 4 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 5 | I sat down at the kitchen table to watch Mrs Clamp work . |
| 6 | I sat down at the end of one of the tables and looked around me . |
| 7 | After he had gone , I sat back at the pub table . |
| 8 | And there 's another sort of things now that we do n't hear is when you sit down at the table to eat erm they 're probably the most the hostess would say now would be , Help yourself . |
| 9 | Can you sit up at the table then ? |
| 10 | She sat down at the desk , pulling a sheaf of notes towards her , her whole body trembling with tension as she felt Luke Calder watching her . |
| 11 | She slammed the boot down , with a cry of ‘ God Almighty ! ’ and ran indoors , where she sat down at the kitchen table and beat her fists against the wood , with anger , with frustration , with a sudden , desperate concern for Nick . |
| 12 | When she had finished , she sat down at the kitchen table with the envelope Tracey had given her the night before . |
| 13 | Dumping her bags in the bedroom , she sat down at the kitchen table and began to sift lethargically through the pile of accumulated mail , from time to time eyeing the phone in the hall . |
| 14 | Before John could answer , she sat down at the child 's side , took out a lace handkerchief , and , with her free hand , dabbed at the run of the tears . |
| 15 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
| 16 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |
| 17 | She sat down at the table reserved for the traveller with the skin grafts and began to score the cloth with a fork . |
| 18 | She sat down at the table again . |
| 19 | She sat down at the table while Michael called the plane . |
| 20 | She sat down at the table and looked with disfavour at the glass in front of her . |
| 21 | She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected , and tossed her hair back from her face ; Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket . |
| 22 | She sat down at the table and sipped at the dark , bitter brew self-consciously , aware of his eyes , cool and observant , upon her . |
| 23 | Candles burned on the table where they were to dine and as she sat down at the table she banished the sob for evermore . |
| 24 | She sat down at the helm , resting one hand on the tiller , and thrusting the other into her pocket . |
| 25 | And the princess herself sat up at the window of the tower , watching . |
| 26 | They danced two dances together — or , rather , one and a half , for in the middle of the second , a waltz , he complained of feeling hot and giddy and she took him to sit out at the side . |
| 27 | They sat up at the front : Uncle Harry at one end ( when he was n't away at sea ) and Aunt Ann at the other , with her cousins Tristram , Jill , Nathan and Matthew in between . |
| 28 | When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still . |
| 29 | They sat down at the table , and took out of their pockets packets of cigarettes , lighters and calculators , placing these objects carefully in front of them as if they were necessary equipment for some game they were about to play . |
| 30 | They sat down at the table . |