Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 2 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 3 | ‘ There is research to be done , ’ Dury said , sitting down at a table strewn with photocopies from obscure-looking reference books . |
| 4 | By the time he felt able to add sound effects , Jenny was sitting down at a table with two girls and three youths . |
| 5 | Conversely , any fool can sit down at a slot machine . |
| 6 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 7 | They may sit down at a table to chat to a friend . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | After a while I sat down at a pavement café table and rather shamefacedly clapped my hands , but produced such a ladylike patter that no one heard me . |
| 10 | Sir Ralph ( he had been knighted by Margaret Thatcher in 1980 for raising money from commerce and industry to finance the activities of Conservative Central Office when in Opposition ) bought a coffee and sat down at a corner table . |
| 11 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 12 | We sat down at a table and he poured me out some tea . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I hope we are going to find a bit more life than this , ’ grunted Billy , as they sat down at a table near the gas fire . |
| 14 | The canteen at TV London was largely deserted at half past ten the next morning when Dexter and Blanche sat down at a table in the corner of the self-service section . |