Example sentences of "sit [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he 'd sit for a while , occasionally glancing at the figure next to him , until at last he 'd lean towards the other 's ear . |
| 2 | Ranald , lad , I must sit for a while . ’ |
| 3 | Would you wan na , would you wan na sit for a bit before he goes back ? |
| 4 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he did not sit for a degree . |
| 5 | He put forward in mid-September a peace proposal envisaging the creation of an interim legislative assembly , which would sit for a year pending elections . |
| 6 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 7 | Look , can I sit for a moment ? |
| 8 | I 've sat at home with relations , preparing to watch the show with them , and they 'll sit through the opening music in respectful silence , but as soon as I start to speak , so do they . |
| 9 | Would you like to come and sit out the back with me for a minute ? ’ |
| 10 | Ducks swam about on the lake , beside which we would sometimes sit of a summer evening after supper , before going back on duty . |
| 11 | The Labour Party would be relegated to the position of a group , and would probably sit below the gangway on the Liberal side of the House . |
| 12 | ‘ The ladies will lift up their skirts , ’ runs the report , ‘ they will sit against the wall , their legs spread well apart . |
| 13 | The child should sit near the blackboard and the teacher must remember that vision across the room may be lowered and the child unable to see demonstration or materials presented . |
| 14 | Then come some ear-splitting explosions ( do n't sit near the entrance ) after which most on stage are dead . |
| 15 | Your ‘ interviewer ’ should sit behind a desk or table so that you can get the feel of approaching someone in a ‘ dominant ’ situation . |
| 16 | Unlucky 17-year-old Simon Sterritt from Newry has been told he will never sit behind the wheel of the vehicle — because he was too young to enter the competition in the first place . |
| 17 | No poker player will sit with a man at his back or show his hand , but nor will a poker player have a cocky attitude to the game . |
| 18 | I 'd sit with a Coke and some crisps and watch him drink . |
| 19 | He wondered whether he should ask Crumwallis to go and sit with the boarders in the dormitory , while he had a word with this young Freely . |
| 20 | Talk of segregation — you will sit with the men all right , you will sit round a table with them talking examination papers , you wo n't be at the table when the decanter goes round . |
| 21 | How does that sit with the fact that the Austrian application lay on the table for two years before the British Government said a word of welcome to that country ? |
| 22 | And er and and Peter because of his fear of the Jews says , okay I , I wo n't do that any more , I 'll go and , I 'll just go and sit with the Jews . |
| 23 | Whilst cricket was played onlookers would sit along the bank at Petts Field with picnic baskets and with gramophones playing . |
| 24 | Intel Corp , General Instrument Corp and Microsoft Corp are preparing to announce , any day now , a joint venture to develop a personal computer that will sit atop a cable television set to provide access to and control of interactive services offered via cable , the New York Times reports . |
| 25 | At once , the waiters began to reorganise the tables so that as many as possible could sit under the parasols and to hurry away the unused cushions and linen so as not to let them be soaked . |
| 26 | Every evening the small party would sit under the stars and listen to his stories of life in the African interior , his extensive travels and explorations , his war years and his friendship with the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung . |
| 27 | A ‘ high-profile ’ specialist may sit alongside a pupil with special needs , providing direct assistance and support in participating in activities being followed by the rest of the class . |
| 28 | Control Data Corp is this week tipped to announce its adoption of Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA RISC chip , which it will use in systems that 'll sit alongside the MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC boxes it already builds and OEMs . |
| 29 | Today he would sit in a think-tank , cosseted by secretaries and flattered by a stream of calls from talk-show producers . |
| 30 | The sa the same applies for pricing virtually to anything else if if you 're going to take the maximum advantage of flying by air you either have to book it well in advance through a package or whatever or whatever or else you 'd have to go along and sit in a bucket shop hoping that somebody 's gon na |