Example sentences of "[pron] sat down in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 2 | With a second cup in my hand , I sat down in an upright chair opposite my hostess . |
| 3 | I sat down in the long grass , puzzled to understand my weakness . |
| 4 | So I sat down in the warm , and ate the man 's breakfast . |
| 5 | She sat down in the one comfortable chair ; it had come from their housekeeper 's room , and had found its way to Billy 's kitchen , like the strip of Turkey carpet with the hole in the middle . |
| 6 | Then they sat down in the great dining hall to drink . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | He sat down in a vacant chair and at once the younger cadet hurried to serve him with tea from a spotless samovar . |
| 9 | Then he sat down in the great oak chair by the fire and enjoyed his tea . |
| 10 | He sat down in the big easy-chair beside the kitchen range , took me on his knee and read me a story . |