Example sentences of "[coord] sit [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could go round with a lampshade on your head , or join the loonies in the Buddhist robes , or sit outside the Drop-in Centre all day with a can of Special Brew in your hand . |
| 2 | Originating in Scandinavian mythology , elves are capricious sprites that dance on the grass , or sit in the leaves of trees and bask in the light of the full moon . |
| 3 | Expectations that the child should hold the parent 's hand while crossing the road , or sit in the safety seat in the car , can be met by great outbursts of temper in the confident 2-year-old who wants to be totally independent . |
| 4 | or sit in the seat of mockers . |
| 5 | For ordinary people in undernourished Bucharest to regard the trinkets of capitalism as the symbols of liberty as well as the rewards of prosperity is understandable , but to have the wealth of twenty-three million Romanians to squander at one 's will and to choose to watch Kojak or to sit on the sort of lumpish gilt furniture that Western department stores export to their Arab allies would not have suited Caligula . |
| 6 | It is simply not safe to have radios on the side of the bath , or electrical heaters plugged in to the bathroom in winter , or to sit in the bath while shaving with an electric razor . |
| 7 | There are several students slouching against the wall , or sitting on the floor , outside her room . |
| 8 | Even now I 'm struggling to stop myself going for a jaunt around the room though I know this will inevitably lead to me lying on my bed or sitting on the floor in a mesmerised , trancelike way and staring into nothingness as if stoned . |
| 9 | Colonel Peter Young was a popular officer , well liked by everyone , always seemed to be of the same temperament , in action , or sitting at the bar in a country inn . |
| 10 | Schooldays , for Wigglesworth , were not , curiously , filled with concert-going , or sitting at the baton-end of the great . |
| 11 | Injuries in war and disasters provide numerous anecdotes of the anaesthetic effects of shock ; a doctor in the aftermath of London 's Clapham rail crash of 1988 reported having treated several victims lying or sitting by the track in a state of bewilderment and oblivious of serious wounds ; in one case an ankle was completely severed other than for a few shreds of flesh . |
| 12 | Cycling in the hills on your own or sitting in the NAAFI ! |
| 13 | ‘ Nor can it be any easier to decide if you prefer strolling the catwalk you abhor or sitting in the garden of the palazzo , sipping tea and talking with la Principessa . ’ |
| 14 | Many guests spend the whole day here , relaxing by the pool or sitting in the shade . |
| 15 | Perhaps this would apply if they had walked along that village street or sat on the green or drunk in the local , but they had not . |
| 16 | But , indulging a passion more secret than her love for Italian painting , Molly had early gone off with Holmes and Watson in a cab through the pea-souper , or sat on the edge of her chair while Poirot summoned the guests to assemble in the library after tea . |
| 17 | She moved purposefully away to the group who lay in the darkness under the cypress trees , or sat on the walls and steps of the garden , and began to activate them so that a light dress , or white pair of jeans could be seen jigging about in the night that had suddenly fallen . |
| 18 | Nobody discovered , pre-opening , that the hair-dryers provided in one luxury provincial hotel could only be used if the guests bent double or sat on the bedroom floor . |
| 19 | For breaktime the children played on the climbing frames , or sat on the grass . |
| 20 | ‘ In charge of ’ can be proved by the police officer or other witness who saw him near or sat in the vehicle for example . |
| 21 | Her conversations with the villagers as they shelled peanuts or sat around the fire , the interest she took in her pupils and their home backgrounds , her journeys out into the villages on teaching practice or corps activities had given her an appreciation of how the Africans thought and felt . |
| 22 | ‘ Go and sit at the table . |
| 23 | come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away |
| 24 | Look we have got special bread now come on and sit at the table with us , |
| 25 | into the library and go up and sit at the C D ROM terminal . |
| 26 | I take a camera and sit on the edge of the water . |
| 27 | Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge . |
| 28 | I ca n't remember where they go , but Peter tells me to bring them too , so I go and sit on the sofa next to him . |
| 29 | You switch on the kettle and sit on the stool . |
| 30 | Apart from anything else , his working day did not begin till seven or eight , so that he was often there during the day , and always ready to listen ; but there were times when his customers left early , at two or three in the morning , and then Maurice , somewhat exhilarated with whisky , would come over to Grace , magically retaining his balance on the gangplank , and sit on the gunwale , waiting . |