Example sentences of "could [adv] [adv] sit " in BNC.
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| 1 | At lunch time Derek and I almost caused a riot in the dining hall , because between us we could obviously only sit at two tables at once and every table wanted us to sit with them . |
| 2 | But a king could not simply sit back and wait for people to come to him . |
| 3 | The more respectable leaders of the Catholic community could not possibly sit back and leave things to the radicals of the DHAC . |
| 4 | She meant , after ten minutes ' solemn consideration , to write that she was extremely sorry , and entirely responsible for the change of plan , but she could not now sit for him . |
| 5 | It was just floating on the surface , not wading or swimming , but unnaturally afloat ; so exhausted it could n't even sit upright . |
| 6 | When Bilal Shebib and Samir Medina came to Stoke Mandeville for treatment in 1987 , their severe spinal injuries meant they could n't even sit up . |
| 7 | You could n't just sit down in a street . |
| 8 | But she could n't just sit there and let him criticise her choice of friends . |
| 9 | It looked like a dull day outside but she could n't just sit in her room doing nothing . |
| 10 | I could n't just sit and watch them dying . ’ |
| 11 | He could n't just sit here and do nothing . |