Example sentences of "[noun sg] sit [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , you do n't have to dance every night … you have plenty of opportunity to sit back and relax in the evenings when the entertainments team do their bit ! |
| 2 | Erm and our marketing executive who goes round signing the surgery up leaves a certain amount of information er and particularly these erm a sheet si similar to this with er we ask the practice to sit down and compile a list of businesses . |
| 3 | So the bear sat down and waited , and when the young lord returned he was persuaded to take the bear into his service . |
| 4 | there 's that old boy sits there and go |
| 5 | Mr McGuinness said : ‘ In view of the ongoing conflict , with people being killed by British state forces , the IRA and loyalist death squads , there is a heavy responsibility on those in our society who have influence to sit down and discuss how this conflict can be brought to an end . ’ |
| 6 | It can be a valuable exercise to sit down and work out just what you spend . |
| 7 | Spooky , it 's spiritual , it 's like re-in I often believe in re-incarnation when you hear stories like that , how can someone just sit down , little child sit down and play the violin . |
| 8 | Then there was the one where it was a frozen joint of meat , and the constable sat down and had lunch with the family . |
| 9 | Surgeon Des Soares added : ‘ The Princess sat down and touched patients , and we want to ram home that this illness is not a curse of the gods . ’ |
| 10 | When the plane duly clipped the trees and landed on the ice lake one property developer sat up and asked : ‘ How far have we got ? ’ |
| 11 | As soon as she was done , the girl sat up and returned the favour hurriedly , obviously eager to get back to her book . |
| 12 | I know that a lot of blacks are just expecting things to come to them ; they 're sort of free living , it 's our nature to sit down and enjoy life . |
| 13 | Why not have the group sit down and talk about the strategy issues ? |
| 14 | it is a funny film , you seen Roxanne where he plays a fucking funny , he has to think of twenty pornographic , the only women who can satisfy two by two women at once its got here , nature loving , too much , really love little bee , give a mat to sit on and stuff like that , your gon na fucking break that in a minute , time have you Mark ? |
| 15 | Back once more in the capital after an uneventful overland journey , Gould took a rare moment to sit down and recount his adventures to the expectant household in Broad Street . |
| 16 | They had spent half an hour with the President , the Director sitting back and letting Rostov take him through all the details of the last few weeks . |
| 17 | Capitalist economy was not built as the result of an overall , collective , decision ; no one nor one group sat down and said ‘ we shall now proceed to build capitalism . ’ |
| 18 | Breeze sat up and stared at Gay , who was still laughing . |
| 19 | Er I think that was the sign to sit down not the sign to sit down and chatter |
| 20 | With Brian away so much of the week , would she have the strength of character to sit down and try to write as she had once imagined ? |
| 21 | Inside , an apron has been fixed in front of the window-slots so wheelchairs can be pushed close , giving people the chance to sit comfortably and watch many of the 250-plus bird species . |
| 22 | A chance to sit back and remember their magical 3-1 win over Tranmere in the first leg at the County Ground . |
| 23 | So far , man has described and named about 700,000 of them and there are certainly three or four times as many still unnamed , awaiting the attentions of anyone who has the time , patience and knowledge to sit down and make a systematic review of them . |
| 24 | Not only did he invade her privacy , he had the gall to sit there and demand that she serve him ! |
| 25 | There was nothing in the tradition which implied a man with the humility and charity to sit down and wash the feet of a common prostitute . |
| 26 | The banker sat down and accepted a cup of tea . |
| 27 | I do n't know what it is about it , but I find I have the urge to sit here and enjoy it . |
| 28 | Before you take out a loan sit down and list all the money coming in and what you will have to pay out . |
| 29 | The visitor sat back and watched the alchemy of the coffee take shape as the slightly stale odour of boiling milk permeated the room and steamed up the windows that looked down into Sauchiehall Street . |
| 30 | But when Dane sat down and pulled her against him , wrapping his arms warmly about her , she knew the time for running was over . |