Example sentences of "[pron] sat down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I sat down at the little table , as well I might .
2 I sat down on the only patch of turf
3 I sat down on the wooden bed .
4 I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs .
5 I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness .
6 So I sat down in the warm , and ate the man 's breakfast .
7 She sat down on the low wall .
8 She sat down on the battered settle and opened the letter .
9 She sat down on the other side of the desk .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 We sat down on the little grass patch where the strolling players set up their tent .
13 They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates .
14 By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city .
15 They sat down on the double one .
16 Then they sat down in the great dining hall to drink .
17 ‘ Because one thing 's for certain , Charlie Trumper , ’ she told him as they sat down in the little room at the back of Salmon 's to check the monthly accounts , ‘ you do n't know the first thing about butchery .
18 He sat down at the far end of the table .
19 He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter .
20 He sat down on the far side of the room and I caught only a brief view of him through the dancers , but it was undoubtedly Ralph Pike still at large .
21 He sat down on the bare rock and shook his head .
22 ‘ I did n't know you were home , ’ said Terry , as he sat down on the adjacent bed .
23 He sat down on the top step of the landing outside numbers 3 and 4 .
24 Tired of it all , he sat down on the thin , wet , short grass .
25 He sat down on the wooden chair and I sat on the bed .
26 He sat down beside the uniformed girl who introduced herself as Elsa from Hamburg .
27 Then he sat down in the great oak chair by the fire and enjoyed his tea .
28 He sat down in the big easy-chair beside the kitchen range , took me on his knee and read me a story .
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