Example sentences of "[pron] sat [adv prt] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat around for a while , talking to people . |
| 2 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 3 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |
| 4 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 5 | Then we sat down for a rest under a hedge , and Dana asked that typically American question : ‘ Do you want to talk about it ? ’ |
| 6 | They sat down for a meal with the missionaries , fully appreciating the significance of their actions . |
| 7 | But anyway , this was the first we have such a conference every five years , but over a thousand of us sat around for a week and talked about evolution , and there was one rather curious fact about Vancouver , or the media of Vancouver , during that week . |