Example sentences of "sit there [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , too , could have sat there like a fan watching an actress , like a lover watching his beloved , content not to be thinking about Mum and what we could do about her . |
| 2 | I sit there with a pair of tweezers going my mum thinks you 're so fussy , and I 'm like |
| 3 | And we 've got a very big computerized telephone system , so that if it does n't answer sit there with a stopwatch timing each phone I presume , it 's all automatically done and they get a print out at the end of every month giving the average time of the , the phone the , the , the phone takes to be answered . |
| 4 | Sometimes I go into a public-house and sit there with a glass of lemonade in my hand , eavesdropping , hoping to hear some treasonable conversation . |
| 5 | I sit there for a bit longer , till I finish my coffee , then I decide to go out and have a look round the station . |
| 6 | And you sit there like a dog chained to a stake fixed in the past , mouthin' your worn-out shibboleths , still full of hate for England and your Church , too arrogant to make your peace with God . |
| 7 | Oh , shut up Ryan , and then he sits there for a bit , and she goes , yeah well , you used to wear national health spectacles . |
| 8 | If he would like to sit there for a while and learn something , I will then cheerfully give way to him . |
| 9 | You 'll have to sit there with a book and you can |
| 10 | You know he , he kicked her , she come back sitting there with a knife , I 'm gon na kill Mussy . |
| 11 | Switch off ? sitting there with a row of people . |
| 12 | I use the phrase hypocritical exhortation , because I know Jim is sitting there with a tape recorder and taking note of all the words we are using today our dictionary so I think the phrase hypocritical exhortation I said three times in relation |
| 13 | I think that the idea of erm you know , rushing in to a disaster , taking the aeroplane out , and , and seeing this enormous distress around one and sitting there with a notebook and a pencil is , is unacceptable and indeed we do n't do that at all . |
| 14 | She 's sitting there with a fag hanging out her mouth . |
| 15 | A modern parent sitting there with a polo neck jumper on |
| 16 | She meant it was n't any good just talking , sitting there beneath a cross that hung on a wall . |
| 17 | The rest of the lads got a fair distance down the freeway en route to Toronto before they realised they 'd lost him , went back , and found him still sitting there like a tit in a trance nodding away to his Walkman . |
| 18 | He looked at her now , sitting there like a bird with a broken wing , and was torn between wanting to give her a hug and a kiss , as he would with Anna when she 'd fallen and hurt her knee , and a rather more powerful instinct for self-preservation that urged him to climb into the airing cupboard and pull the door shut after him . |
| 19 | he sits , he 's sitting there like a fly squad , |
| 20 | ‘ I 'd be on the beach sunbathing and he 'd be sitting there in a suit , collar and tie and black shoes . |
| 21 | ‘ He would just sit there on a chair and laugh to himself . |
| 22 | No it 's not , I can sit there with a customer list and I could tell you who recommended who |
| 23 | that it 's a good idea for when people are intending to get stoned in a heavy way to have a baby-sitter , so there 's no reason why the baby- sitter could n't sit there with a tape recorder . |
| 24 | right will you just sit there for a minute while mummy gets to pick the tomatoes oh , oh do n't panic , no-one 's going to run off with you |
| 25 | Pike just sat there with a toupee and tears all over his face , and we sat there staring at him . |
| 26 | They sat there for a while feeling drained and empty . |
| 27 | Preston sat there for a while stroking her and then , when he was sure that she was sleeping soundly , he crossed over to the window and lifted a corner of the curtain and peered cautiously out into the street . |
| 28 | Then she went back to her car and sat there for a while . |
| 29 | I sat there for a while . |
| 30 | ‘ He sent him back to the pub ; he sat there for a while , and when he came back he 'd got the front shoes on . |