Example sentences of "[pron] sit down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sit down in the grey plastic chair in the featureless room with McDunn and a man from the Welsh squad ; a big blond brindle guy in a tight grey suit ; he has a rugby player 's neck and steely eyes and huge hands that are clasped on the table , lying there like a mace of flesh and bone . |
| 2 | I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity . |
| 3 | In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage . |
| 4 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
| 5 | I sat down on the only patch of turf |
| 6 | I sat down on the wooden bed . |
| 7 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
| 8 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 9 | With a second cup in my hand , I sat down in an upright chair opposite my hostess . |
| 10 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |
| 11 | So I sat down in the warm , and ate the man 's breakfast . |
| 12 | Just wait until the last day , when you come , you sit down on the fucking stool and each leg goes like that ! |
| 13 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 14 | She sits down in a quiet room , provided at public expense , and begins to lecture a man who is shortly to be found dying by the dustbins . |
| 15 | Do you sit down with a blank sheet of paper and think ‘ I 'm going to write a poem on the subject of windows , or bible stories ’ ? |
| 16 | She sat down on a modern sofa in cream and chrome and surveyed the room . |
| 17 | She sat down on the low wall . |
| 18 | She sat down on the battered settle and opened the letter . |
| 19 | She sat down on the other side of the desk . |
| 20 | Placing the night-light against the wall she sat down on the top stair , humping the eiderdown high over her shoulders and gazing into the darkness . |
| 21 | Once in her suite of rooms she sat down at a little Louis Quinze escritoire , its pale grey panels painted with carnations and pinks , and wrote a short letter to her faithless lover , asking him to call on her urgently at the embassy at eleven the next morning . |
| 22 | She was too to enjoy the hot weather and little beads of perspiration shone on her forehead as she sat down at the big desk opposite the row of girls . |
| 23 | Over supper we sit down in the low evening sun and watch the hills change from one blue to another , to mauve , to grey , to black . |
| 24 | During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained . |
| 25 | The smiling white face of William Ehrman , young third secretary at the British Embassy , was a reassuring presence at the table , when we sat down to a welcoming drink . |
| 26 | Mrs Knelle soon appeared in a dressing gown , and we sat down to a soothing breakfast of toast . |
| 27 | We sat down on the little grass patch where the strolling players set up their tent . |
| 28 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
| 29 | I ca n't see him sitting down for a quiet civilized three cornered discussion . ’ |
| 30 | They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body . |