Example sentences of "he sat down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 2 | Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him . |
| 3 | He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet . |
| 4 | She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him . |
| 5 | Then he sat down with a cup of coffee . |
| 6 | He sat down with a sigh , rubbing one hand over his eyes . |
| 7 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 8 | There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire . |
| 9 | He sat down for a few moments to consider his position . |
| 10 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 11 | Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . |
| 12 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 13 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |
| 14 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 15 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 16 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 17 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
| 18 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 19 | He sat down at the bench and picked up one of the patterns Hari had made on paper . |
| 20 | Exhausted , he sat down at the side of the road . |
| 21 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 22 | He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands . |
| 23 | ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm . |
| 24 | He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food . |
| 25 | Then he sat down at the table and started to work again . |
| 26 | He sat down at the table again and began to read . |
| 27 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 28 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 29 | He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below . |
| 30 | He sat down on a sofa which he realised was slightly longer than his cubicle in the lodging house . |