Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Let me sit down a minute , ’ I begged .
2 Now , do sit down a moment — we can just fit another chair in here . ’
3 We 'll send a copy to your manager , and a copy will come to you , so that you and your manager can sit down every month and discuss your next month 's business plan .
4 And er we 'd have to clear all those away , and the chairs would be put into rows as I say , the boys 'd sit down one side , the girls would sit down the other .
5 So sometimes she would sit out a dance or two by herself in the outhouse , by the Gironde , by the Garonne , in the Haut-Médoc , the Graves , Entre-Deux-Mers .
6 ‘ We 'd just sit around a table and write it together .
7 But the essence remains the same : a Chief Leader has his team of leaders ; the young explorers are divided into 12-strong ‘ fires ’ — a notion of Murray Levick 's , who said he wanted only as many people as could decently sit round a campfire .
8 Doctors , health visitors , social workers and police — even parents — may sit round a table at a case conference ostensibly discussing a ‘ team decision ’ which is ‘ in the best interests of the child ’ .
9 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 .
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