Example sentences of "[conj] sit down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forget the original lecture situation and sit down with the speaker to work out the best way of communicating his or her message on the video screen . |
| 2 | There 's plenty here , so if you clean yourself up and sit down at the table I 'll put something out for you too . |
| 3 | ‘ Come and sit down in the bar , ’ says Mrs Bixman . |
| 4 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |
| 5 | And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table . |
| 6 | Let's go and sit down in the thing |
| 7 | We walked out on to the large veranda and sat down with the lagoon spread out below and in front of us . |
| 8 | She took a couple of cookery books from a shelf in the kitchen , and sat down at the dining-table to look through them . |
| 9 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 10 | After Janice had gone Shiona went back inside and sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of strong black coffee . |
| 11 | Dexter dragged over a chair and sat down at the desk . |
| 12 | At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches . |
| 13 | He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him . |
| 14 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 15 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 16 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 17 | He tossed the empty packet onto the overflowing bin in the corner of the room and sat down at the table . |
| 18 | He stood glowering at her dangerously ; then abruptly shoved the cup on to the windowsill , among some geraniums that stood there in pots , and sat down at the table . |
| 19 | She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it . |
| 20 | Then he put more wood on the fire and sat down at the table again with his books . |
| 21 | After much genuine persuasion , Shelley thanked them and sat down at the table . |
| 22 | He found an old , broken chair and sat down at the piano . |
| 23 | He turned the fire off and sat down on the settee , looking at the woman all the while . |
| 24 | These simple precautions observed , Kirov relaxed and sat down on the edge of his small cot , smiling with relief . |
| 25 | He came in carrying a bunch of black grapes , and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 26 | Meredith closed the window and sat down on the edge of the bed . |
| 27 | He flicked two inches of ash on the floor and sat down on the edge of the bed I had just vacated . |
| 28 | They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead . |
| 29 | Then he picked up his own glass and sat down on the edge of the bed beside her . |
| 30 | ‘ And unless you 're one of Charity LeVille 's nubile masseuses over from Gros Islet … ’ he 'd reached the bed , and to her horror slung his jacket over a nearby chair and sat down on the edge of the bed , far too close for comfort , continuing in the same bland tone , ‘ … which from the pious clutching of bedclothes I somehow doubt , maybe you 'd like to explain exactly who you are ? ’ |