Example sentences of "sit [conj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos they 've sat and done the preparation . |
| 2 | So he goes quietly home , sits and watches the telly with her a while ; then , in the commercial break perhaps , he leans forward , taps her on the head with whatever he has selected for the job , waits a couple of hours , then rings us . ’ |
| 3 | It is a good place to sit and watch the sun go down . |
| 4 | There was a bench , fashioned out of a fallen tree trunk ; the weather was mild enough to sit and watch the river . |
| 5 | ‘ Such a long time ! ’ she gasped in his ear as they hugged each other tightly , the dogs retiring a respectful distance to sit and watch the homecoming with tails swishing excitedly over the gravel . |
| 6 | You just like to sit and watch the television ? |
| 7 | In the past they had been happy to sit and watch the match all afternoon ( even if that meant dying from the cold ! ) . |
| 8 | Meanwhile under a tree nearby there 's time to sit and enjoy the peace of a Cotswold garden . |
| 9 | She also wanted a place to sit and enjoy the warmth of the Aga , so as well as a pine table and chair for meals , there is also a homely rocking chair . |
| 10 | He described being n charge of the grass courts at Wimbledon as ‘ the easiest job in the world , ’ adding , ‘ You sit and watch the grass grow , tell other people when to cut it and then watch it grow again . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , it 's good , sit and watch the television down here |
| 12 | Go and sit and watch the television |
| 13 | yeah people have seen them at the discos and , will do , and er even , even those that gives patterns or designs people are buying , have in the house now instead of watching television , sit and watch the pattern on the wall er , but erm |
| 14 | So you just sit and watch the telly for a year and not do anything he 's not gon na be very good |
| 15 | do you see what I mean , right , sit and re-question close , right you can close them on ee do you want to include the extra window for two hundred pound , you follow me you 've hit them with a price you want to close them , right and you sit and do the paperwork and you just say to them do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds because you 've already said to them you , you give an extra , do you follow me ? |
| 16 | On the evenings I bait the swim I spend an hour just sitting and watching the swim after the bait has been introduced , looking for signs of carp moving into the area . |
| 17 | There is nothing more depressing than sitting and watching the paper peel off the walls . |
| 18 | You were greeted by senior Iraqi officers who would take you through a maze of corridors to a communications centre where Saddam himself would be sitting and following the progress of the war . |
| 19 | How most people prefer to be actively involved in sailing the boat rather than just sitting and admiring the view . |
| 20 | I used to love it when he kicked me and enjoyed just sitting and feeling the bulge . |
| 21 | He was too feeble to leave his room now , but Viktor had the window specially made so he could sit and watch the river . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , single mothers will sit and watch the TV and watch the advertisements which all show either happy couples or one single person doing something for an unseen other : ironing his shirts , organising their mortgage , driving his Audi to visit her . |
| 23 | She 'd have a fag with her coffee , and I 'd sit and watch the smoke making patterns in the air , and it 'd be quiet and it 'd be just her and me . |
| 24 | I remember that one of us , I can not recall which , made the cynical remark that what we really wanted was a similar type of aircraft to the one that had crashed , in which the auto-pilot could be connected up with the flight recorder — then we investigators could just sit and watch the accident happen all over again . |
| 25 | Crossing again to the fireplace , I gazed at it with awe , and had I been of a religious bent I would have fallen on my knees and prayed that the water would meet Nigel 's requirements so that on winter evenings , when we were doing our Darby and Joan bit , we could sit and worship the spirit of the fire , the hearth , the very essence of our home . |
| 26 | THE recent bout of good weather emphasised just how short Darlington town centre is of parks and open spaces where people can sit and enjoy the sun . |
| 27 | And a pergola does n't have to lead somewhere ; you can use one to provide shade and colour over a patio , or to form an arbour where you can sit and enjoy the fragrance of scented climbers . |
| 28 | Corbett sat and studied the letter he had written . |
| 29 | She sat and drank the tea and thought about S. Kettering . |
| 30 | He sat and watched the quill being borne along by the current and then leaning over as it tugged at the end of the swim . |