Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] and [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every three months , the heads of department and managers sit in and discuss the benefits of what we are doing and how we can make improvements . |
| 2 | Make sure you sit down and fill the form in every evening , after your child has gone to bed , and try to be objective . |
| 3 | ‘ I would say , just sit down and tell a good story , and to hell with the morality , ’ Allan Ahlberg declares . |
| 4 | First sit down and make a list of your plus and minus points . |
| 5 | tried to do joined writing , apparently we are supposed to do that as teachers , actually said got ta put their primary on primary education , it says sit down and write a poem in joined up writing and look at your own writing and before you try to teach it to children make sure that you know |
| 6 | ‘ Hello , Piper , you are a little bit late for a bit of breakfast but sit down and have a mug of tea . ’ |
| 7 | Anyway , when it all gets too much and you ca n't bear the thought of writing another Christmas card or eating another mince pie just sit down and have a quiet read of your NCT newsletter ! |
| 8 | If not , sit down and have a chat with your child ; but not at a time when feelings are running high . |
| 9 | ‘ Sit down and have a cup of tea by here with us . ’ |
| 10 | Sit down and have a drink . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So sit down and have a drink , Zlorf , and let's talk about this sensibly . |
| 12 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 13 | You sit down and have a rest , and we 'll pop in the chemist and get some Calpol , cos we 're running out . |
| 14 | I very rarely sit down and have a meal now . |
| 15 | the people , because you know normally if a student comes to see me , I sit down and have an hour and half 's discussion |
| 16 | Just sit down and watch a ruddy tape you know and |
| 17 | When they think they know , they can ask one of their friends and , as soon as they guess correctly , they sit down and watch the fun as the others seek out their own identity . |
| 18 | Spooky , it 's spiritual , it 's like re-in I often believe in re-incarnation when you hear stories like that , how can someone just sit down , little child sit down and play the violin . |
| 19 | Sit down and read the instructions fully . |
| 20 | But the next time this happens , instead of hurling buckets of water , switch on a tape recorder and then , the next day , sit down and enjoy the feline opera at your leisure . |
| 21 | Come rain , come winter evenings , sit down and enjoy the narrative and sound instruction in this holiday adventure . |
| 22 | That was quite nice , to see somebody that I 'd been in prison with and still be able to sit down and talk the same old way . |
| 23 | There was nothing in the tradition which implied a man with the humility and charity to sit down and wash the feet of a common prostitute . |
| 24 | When we finally left the school the return journey home was even worse than the journey to school with pupils being cheeky when you told them to sit down and face the front . |
| 25 | But if you really want to punish me , force me to sit down and watch The Gladiators . |
| 26 | WHAT the Taylor Report offered was a chance for everyone concerned in soccer — officials , players , spectators , politicians even — to sit down and create a blueprint for the game for the next 100 years . |
| 27 | Because it obliges you to sit down and make a careful observation of the chosen subject , you discover so much more than by just pointing a camera . |
| 28 | To this end it can be quite a good idea to sit down and make a list of all the social activities you would like to enjoy if you were free to do so -such as visiting and entertaining friends , going to the theatre , cinema , concerts , evening classes , study groups , church activities and special interest clubs , as well as the occasional holiday . |
| 29 | So far , man has described and named about 700,000 of them and there are certainly three or four times as many still unnamed , awaiting the attentions of anyone who has the time , patience and knowledge to sit down and make a systematic review of them . |
| 30 | I mean basically you say the bloke says we 're going to sit down and make a decision tonight |