Example sentences of "[pron] sat [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
| 2 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 3 | She sat there for a few seconds , then heard a voice softly calling her name . |
| 4 | But you , you sat outside for the best part of quarter of an hour , twenty minutes , cos it was so sunny . |
| 5 | On my first visit , we sat together for a long time , talking of this and that . |
| 6 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 7 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |
| 8 | They sat together for a few moments more , then he groaned . |
| 9 | He sat there for a few minutes . |
| 10 | He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke . |
| 11 | He sat down for a few moments to consider his position . |