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

No	Sentence
1	In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me .
2	I do n't sit in on the general meeting , no .
3	In the middle of the window was a shiny red car you could sit in with a driver 's wheel you could turn and a horn you could peep .
4	Chairman 's the person that can sit in with the group of people and is good in terms of receiving information from people and disseminating information and giving it back out again making sure that everybody 's being brought in so he 's a person really not not so much a leader but he will be a person who can keep the group together and can make sure that all the information flows around the group and that everybody 's getting a fair say a fair crack of the whip in terms of what 's going on in terms of orienting towards a task , so everything 's towards a task you need towards a task .
5	Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’
6	The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being .
7	‘ I should love to see them sometime , ’ said Charles , ‘ but I wonder if I might sit down for a little ?
8	Can you sit down for a while after that ?
9	I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’
10	I 'll just sit down for a moment . ’
11	The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’
12	Might as well sit down for a few minutes might n't we ?
13	Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while .
14	For just £2.75 the happy eater can sit down to a plate of fish , chips , mushy peas and a bread bun .
15	to there hiatus , hiatus hernia , ooh terrible you 're stitched all inside ooh it 's like you could sit down to a beautiful tea tonight and enjoy it and then you could sit down to your breakfast in morning , one bite and that was you finished
16	We 've asked the people for half past three , they 'll all be here by four , so we need n't sit down to the tea until half past five , and we would n't have got to the cake until your father has the business closed , and is back here . ’
17	I should sit down to the job Tim and you wo n't fall over .
18	During the evening , not only did we sit down to an excellent meal but we were also entertained .
19	Many will sit down despite the fact the music is still playing .
20	‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own .
21	I helped him sit down on the one centre thwart and arranged his legs as comfortably as possible , Harry cursing and wincing by turns .
22	I would sit down on the fishing stool , ready to eat , but then I would be up and down , in and out of the lockers , getting the fork I had forgotten , or the knife to peel the carrot , or even the carrot itself .
23	Now I might sit down on the beach and have a good blub . ’
24	When I did spot the kestrel , I would sit down on the ground or the nearest bench and gaze in amazement .
25	I just might , appallingly , sit down on the kitchen chair and start to weep …
26	Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine .
27	He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me .
28	They may sit down at a table to chat to a friend .
29	‘ If he was he would sit down at the negotiating table with us . ’
30	Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind .