Example sentences of "[coord] sit [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Flower-fringed lakeside boulevards , places to stroll in the lake air , or sit quietly on a sunlit Bodensee afternoon , plentiful water sports , all proclaim modern resorts ; half-timbered houses proclaim the past . |
| 2 | During the half-halts , be strong with leg and positive with a blocking hand , then relax and sit quietly with a light contact , repeating this until the penny finally drops . |
| 3 | It occurred to her that most people , her former self included , would not walk away from an attack by a homicidal transvestite and sit down to a healthy breakfast . |
| 4 | As the teacher looked , Belle opened her eyes and sat up with a radiant smile . |
| 5 | ‘ That must be why we have to stop the ceremony — to make sure he ca n't tap the mental energy of the congregation and use it to supplement the Old One 's autonomic functions enough to pull the rest of it out of the Vortex , ’ Ace finished , and sat back with a cheery grin . |
| 6 | ‘ God speed both it and you ! ’ said Hotspur , and sat back with a short , sharp sigh of satisfaction . |
| 7 | He felt his foot slip under him and sat down with a jarring shock , landing uncomfortably on a spanner and a piece of plastic tubing . |
| 8 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 9 | He picked her up and sat down on a small settee , keeping his arm round her . |
| 10 | She found a jasmine-scented corner of garden at the side of the house and sat down on a rustic wooden seat , watching twittering birds come and go fearlessly around a hanging seed basket . |
| 11 | Someone else came into the room and sat down on a plain wooden chair to watch him struggle . |
| 12 | When fitzAlan stepped away from her and sat down on a nearby chair , hooking one booted foot over his knee and regarding her with grimly assessing eyes , her mind was clear once more , ready with the plan Matilda had outlined . |
| 13 | Then followed a battle of looks between them , but the captain soon put away his weapon and sat down like a beaten dog . |
| 14 | She gravely tried the things she liked , and sat solemnly in a bumping car with one of a family who lived in the road at the back of their house . |
| 15 | They stopped for drinks and crisps , and sat out on a low stone wall , looking at the cattle and the traffic and green fields . |
| 16 | In a cold fury he stood and sat about for a long time within , twice changing from chair to chair . |