Example sentences of "[pron] sat down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sat down at the keyboard blowing my mind with Puccini . |
| 2 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 3 | I sat down at the kitchen table to watch Mrs Clamp work . |
| 4 | I sat down at the end of one of the tables and looked around me . |
| 5 | I sat down on the sand , in the darkness cast by a large boulder . |
| 6 | I went into a toilet and there was none and I sat down on the toilet , looked up , they were all above the door , five of them ! |
| 7 | I sat down on the sea shore , placing a large black pebble beside me … [ whilst pretending that ] by touching the pebble [ I could ] wipe out … all … life on earth … so that [ it ] had never existed . |
| 8 | I sat down on the sofa next to her and patted her hand . |
| 9 | I sat down on the edge of the table . |
| 10 | And then I sat down on the bed and opened it . |
| 11 | The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint . |
| 12 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
| 13 | Greetings said , I sat down on the chair she proffered and explained the purpose of my visit . |
| 14 | I sat down on the straw and looked around . |
| 15 | I sat down on the bench and leaned back against the wall . |
| 16 | I sat down near the representative from Belgium . |
| 17 | I sat down near the fire and looked around me . |
| 18 | I sat down by the side of Blyth , careful not to let my shadow cross his face . |
| 19 | Then I sat down by the letter table . |
| 20 | I sat down by the table and lifted the pot . |
| 21 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
| 22 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 23 | I sat down in the seat right by the door and , in between Seaforth and Litherland and Bootle New Strand , the doors suddenly opened and then closed while the train was moving . |
| 24 | One of the officers showed me into the aeroplane and himself sat down in the pilot 's seat . |
| 25 | Then there was silence and she sat down on the chest , weeping and shaking . |
| 26 | She sat down on the bed . |
| 27 | SHe sat down on the bed . |
| 28 | Then she sat down on the bed , took off her hat and eased her patent leather pumps off her rapidly swelling feet . |
| 29 | She sat down on the bed and held my hand ; all the flippancy was suddenly gone from her face . |
| 30 | Pulling them from under some old blankets , she sat down on the bed and began to leaf through the pages : photographs fell out , battered , uncherished , not stuck-in — this was no lovingly tended relic . |