Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's always a bad moment , Howard knows , after the porter 's unlocked your room , switched everything on , drawn the curtains , and gone away again with a huge tip because you had only a folder of fresh banknotes in your pocket , when you sit down helplessly and think , well , here we are , this is it , I 've arrived . |
| 2 | Come and sit down there and do it with Mummy . |
| 3 | Having looked at all the options , sit down together and decide what to go for . |
| 4 | Sit down together and talk honestly about what 's happened , what it could involve in practical terms , what you 'll probably all have to do without . |
| 5 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 6 | ‘ When you sit down afterwards and look at all the training you 've done and all the sacrifices you 've made and you do n't get a medal it 's pretty shattering . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Let's do as Sarella suggests and sit down calmly and listen to what each of us has to say . ’ |
| 8 | Surely we 've got time to sit down somewhere and have a coffee … ? ’ |
| 9 | Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis . |
| 10 | Robbie would have liked to sit down too and have somebody make her a drink . |
| 11 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 12 | We , we do find it as a , as a group very difficult to organise ourselves and for us to have some time to sit down together and feed off one another and talk about it so this is quite , that 's quite hopeful , and I think that does show erm , something the same as er , I 'm sure Jack would say the same thing , like here we are , you know , we 've got all the incoming calls , we 've got all the other stuff to do , and what we 're actually doing when we 're trying to make appointments and so on is we , we fit it in , because we 're half way through |
| 13 | However , we now have an opportunity to show that Europe can address European problems and that we will intervene in a way that will give the people of Yugoslavia the opportunity to sit down together and find a peaceful solution to the problems . |
| 14 | The Americans expected it and so it prepared them to sit down quietly and listen to speech . |
| 15 | If it strikes you this way , let me remind you that Peter 's particular values are not the point at issue , and invite you to sit down quietly and compose your own , very different equivalent . |
| 16 | Greene told the inquiry , which was spread over three races , that his instructions were also to sit in behind and monitor Vaguely Artistic . |
| 17 | It is a threat because the Government have sat back willingly and said that they do not care if another 30 million tonnes of coal is taken out of the take and if there are to be gas-fired power stations . |
| 18 | So Parsons got me this job and I used to sit up there and answer the phones . ’ |
| 19 | Fingertips on sides of head , sit up slowly and lie back . |
| 20 | Sit up now and eat it . |
| 21 | When it comes to fear of war or local problems , like the fear of being mugged , you do n't have to sit back spinelessly and let it happen . |
| 22 | Then Graham switched on his intercom and snapped , ‘ Tell Sam Sir Daniel 's on his way down , wants his car at the front , ’ before sitting down heavily and sweeping the two newspapers on his blotter into the wastepaper basket beside his desk . |
| 23 | She was sitting back relaxedly and looking more contented than she had for some time . |
| 24 | ‘ We will sit down tomorrow and see how we 're going to handle things . |
| 25 | Wo n't you sit down again and tell me something I 'm dying to ask you ? ’ |
| 26 | And as the lights came up , she 'd sit down again and let the thing creep back up through her bones where it belonged . |
| 27 | I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up |
| 28 | No , but possibly you could sit down together and go through it . |
| 29 | Let me finish in a very positive note in saying that I 'm as concerned as the speaker to which I reply that that day will be reached and reached soon , please God , when we can sit down together and share fully in the sacrament of the lord 's supper . |
| 30 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |