Example sentences of "[adv] sit [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stay in this position for some time , then slowly sit up through a curved spine — a great way to relax ! |
| 2 | Instead of towing amplified sweet nothings ahead of the school , they might do better to sit astern with a few well-chosen selections from The Osmonds ' Greatest Hits , or Singalongamax . |
| 3 | I find I can easily put things into perspective , see both sides of an issue , if I just sit around for a while and I probably do that for half an hour a day . |
| 4 | Just sit there in a |
| 5 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 6 | Basically , I just sit down with a little Pignose amp and a tape recorder and play all night . ’ |
| 7 | I 've just sat down on a hairbrush ! ’ |
| 8 | You could do something useful instead of just sitting there like a |
| 9 | I 'm just sitting down with a drink and the news before dinner . |
| 10 | So it was then a question of just sitting down with a blank sheet of paper and starting to draw , because a Designer thinks about structures and design only by doing it , by drawing what 's in his mind . |
| 11 | He used to just sit there with a 12 string guitar and often used a tape recorder with backing tracks , and then put on a harmony live or used a stylophone . |
| 12 | right will you just sit there for a minute while mummy gets to pick the tomatoes oh , oh do n't panic , no-one 's going to run off with you |
| 13 | ‘ He would just sit there on a chair and laugh to himself . |
| 14 | Larry Lonik , author of ‘ The Curious Morel ’ , tells the tale of a man in Williamsburg who knew a special spot : ‘ People would try to follow him , but he 'd just sit down under a tree and wait them out . |
| 15 | I 'll just sit down for a moment . ’ |
| 16 | You could n't just sit down in a street . |
| 17 | ‘ We shall just sit quietly for a moment . |
| 18 | The young prisoner just sat nervously on a stool watching Athelstan . |
| 19 | Pike just sat there with a toupee and tears all over his face , and we sat there staring at him . |
| 20 | I was saying , oh yeah erm Shrimpy like , we , me and Scott were playing snooker and I , I came in to see if like , either of you , anyone else wanted to play doubles and like , Swimp , Shrimpy was just sat by himself in the middle of the floor , cross-legged just sat there like a little pixie or something ! |
| 21 | I just sat there like a real prat , and I thought |
| 22 | As the sun faded into a blood-red haze , Lieutenant Davis and his men finally sat down around a nest of campfires which a small detail had built earlier . |
| 23 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 24 | A comfortable position , usually sitting down in a chair with no undue muscular tension . |
| 25 | The rest of the lads got a fair distance down the freeway en route to Toronto before they realised they 'd lost him , went back , and found him still sitting there like a tit in a trance nodding away to his Walkman . |
| 26 | THE Celtic manager , Liam Brady , and Tom Grant , the director who leaked information about the Parkhead board requesting a meeting with Brady to discuss the team 's performances , yesterday sat together at a press conference designed , apparently , to show a united front . |
| 27 | Except when he was entertaining I doubt if he ever sat down to a three-course meal . |
| 28 | Her voice had risen and the child now sat down on a low chair and quickly took off her shoes , then pulled her grey stockings down over her knees before , standing up , she asked , ‘ Will you unhook me , please ? ’ |
| 29 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 30 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |