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 . |