Example sentences of "[modal v] sit [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must sit upright at a table to eat his meals : he can not eat off a tray sitting in bed or an easy chair . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With difficulty , but I think it is fair to say as well it has got great compensations , because if you build walls , if you 're hiding , if you 're pretending , if you 're always subscribing parents and stopping them from coming in you make problems ; parents worry and suspect that there are problems behind those closed doors , and I think this is why we have established fifteen different parent teacher groups which meet regularly in different parts of Sussex , from Seaford to Shoreham , to Hove , to Brighton , and in small groups of ten/fifteen/twenty they 'll sit down with a teacher and they do n't just do fund raising they thrash out the different aspects of their children 's education and then they come in and meet in a main committee and I think it is this involvement that enables the parents and the teachers to work very closely together . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 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 | They may sit down at a table to chat to a friend . |
| 8 | No it 's not , I can sit there with a customer list and I could tell you who recommended who |
| 9 | For just £2.75 the happy eater can sit down to a plate of fish , chips , mushy peas and a bread bun . |
| 10 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |