Example sentences of "sit [pers pn] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.

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1 United are taking 14 to St Andrews , but should be unchanged , which means Les Robinson keeps his place and joint top scorer , John Durnin sits it out on the bench .
2 They preferred to sit it out on the Fosse Way .
3 Now Stacey , I remember , she used to , this is , must be mentioned within the bunk as well , cos I , for some reason I remember sitting her down on the chair to dress her by the bunk
4 I 'll sit you up on the pillows and you 'll be nice and comfy . ’
5 Look what happened to Flaubert : a century after his death Sartre , like some brawny , desperate lifeguard , spent ten years beating on his chest and blowing into his mouth ; ten years trying to yank him back to consciousness , just so that he could sit him up on the sands and tell him exactly what he thought of him .
6 After making each man check that his own line was securely attached , he moved them to the far end of the cage and sat them down on the wooden bench .
7 She sat them down on the sofa .
8 I sat him down on the kerb and called police . ’
9 We sat her out on the chair , put her head between her knees and said look , take some big deep breaths and if you 're sick do n't worry about it , you 'll be alright .
10 Then he bundled her now rosy body into her dry shirt and sat her down on the sleeping-bag to vigorously rub her hair dry .
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