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 | and it goes through their , for the rest of their twenties , the rest of their thirties and most of their forties and then suddenly bang maybe something ghastly seems to be happening which they are absolutely unaware of , you know , they do n't know why they are crying or , or er unable to cope with whatever they ca n't cope with and that 's it , that 's them off and they start worrying about er osteoporosis and you know an enormous number of , of now medically defined problems of the menopause , and they may start going on to all sorts of things like hormone replacement therapy or even primrose oil or whatever the hell and they 're sitting there at an age when they are fairly loaded up with experience and maturity and all the rest of it and they do n't know what they are doing . |
| 17 | You 've been sitting there for an hour watching the fire almost go out . |
| 18 | She meant it was n't any good just talking , sitting there beneath a cross that hung on a wall . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | he sits , he 's sitting there like a fly squad , |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd be on the beach sunbathing and he 'd be sitting there in a suit , collar and tie and black shoes . |
| 23 | ‘ He would just sit there on a chair and laugh to himself . |
| 24 | No it 's not , I can sit there with a customer list and I could tell you who recommended who |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | Pike just sat there with a toupee and tears all over his face , and we sat there staring at him . |
| 28 | They sat there for a while feeling drained and empty . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Then she went back to her car and sat there for a while . |