Example sentences of "sit [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The efficiency drive may sit uneasily with contractors , yet even Mackenzie concedes Thames has ‘ taken all the right commercial decisions ’ . |
| 2 | Normally Charles and Diana would not sit together at state banquets , but their separation last night took on a new poignancy following the official announcement earlier this week that they have split . |
| 3 | Michael Morris will sit in for Betty Boothroyd … the first woman Speaker , who was elected last week . |
| 4 | Michael Morris will sit in for Betty Boothroyd … the first woman Speaker , who was elected last week . |
| 5 | ‘ Once I 've managed the stairs I can sit down to work . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do sit down to breakfast , Mr Gargery , ’ said Herbert politely . |
| 7 | I was a guest of honour ( ! ) at the Annual Conference Dinner at Torquay , along with , Editor of Private Eye ( and at a guess , it is the only time I shall sit down to dinner with him ! ) . |
| 8 | yeah and like learning my Romeo and Ju I think I might actually sit down on Sunday and learn that cos I 'm gon na be at home but I , it 's quite good I 'll , I 'll see Foxy when I get back in the evening because parents have got ta come back for the parents ' meeting . |
| 9 | Well I certainly would n't sit down at Christmas dinner with them that 's why |
| 10 | Our basic problem was that there was no way that we could all sit down with Frank and talk about it . |
| 11 | the British government should sit down with Gerry Addams . |
| 12 | Are you gon na sit down with Ricky and eat them ? |
| 13 | They were making so little progress on the Monday that Peter Hickton took the sensible decision and dismissed most of the cast at lunchtime ; he would sit down with Michael Banks and George Birkitt all afternoon and just go through the lines . |
| 14 | Or should I perhaps sit down in Salzburg with the empty hope of some better fortune , let Wolfgang grow up , and allow myself and my children to be made fools of until I reach the age which prevents me from travelling and until he attains the age and physical appearance which no longer attract admiration for his merits ? |
| 15 | And again and again : ‘ We 'd rather sit down in front of the TV , or get a video . ’ |
| 16 | I might , for Phil , for Phil to wind down , he 'll come in , say we 've been out for a meal or whatever , he 'll come in and he 'll sit down in front of the television . |
| 17 | We got out of the coach and walked through the gates to the stares of those gathered on the gravel , and over to a low metal hut in the corner of the compound where we were ordered to go inside and sit down in silence . |
| 18 | Supporters are n't happy and today fans in Darlington and Derby , Millwall and Manchester City , West Ham and Hereford , will sit down in protest . |
| 19 | Furthermore such a construction does not sit easily with subsection ( 3 ) which preserves the common law as it existed immediately before the Act which undoubtedly gave parents an effective power of consent for all children up to the age of 21 , the then existing age of consent : see Gillick 's case [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 167C , per Lord Fraser of Tullybelton , and at p. 182E , per Lord Scarman . |
| 20 | Being the world 's No 1 in the Sony rankings did not sit easily on Woosnam 's shoulders . |
| 21 | Above all , there is no easy way of checking on the honesty of an interviewer who might , at worst , sit comfortably at home inventing questionnaire responses . |
| 22 | Certainly , such views as these do not sit comfortably with managerialism and are equally at odds with restricted professionality . |
| 23 | Does she actually sit up for Dennis ? |
| 24 | That 's another ten grand fifteen grand I 'll sit up on top of the bonfire until it gets hot |
| 25 | They must sit up in bed , breathing is worse ( < ) lying down . |
| 26 | The more inglorious aspects of Morrison 's life and behaviour , and the undignified myth-making indulged in by his ‘ followers ’ are n't concealed , but then Jones does n't exactly run the hoary old rock conceit of romantic self-destruction out of town either : ‘ Humility was a trait which did n't sit well with Morrison ’ is about as heavy as the criticism gets . |
| 27 | By methods which did n't sit well in peacetime America . |
| 28 | I could sit here for hours , just looking . |
| 29 | and er , we had to set it up here and we sit here watching the telly and they 'd sit here for hours |
| 30 | ‘ This is a castle , not a cottage , we could sit here in safety for a year . ’ |