Example sentences of "sit down [adv] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's always a bad moment , Howard knows , after the porter 's unlocked your room , switched everything on , drawn the curtains , and gone away again with a huge tip because you had only a folder of fresh banknotes in your pocket , when you sit down helplessly and think , well , here we are , this is it , I 've arrived . |
| 2 | Come and sit down there and do it with Mummy . |
| 3 | Having looked at all the options , sit down together and decide what to go for . |
| 4 | Sit down together and talk honestly about what 's happened , what it could involve in practical terms , what you 'll probably all have to do without . |
| 5 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 6 | ‘ When you sit down afterwards and look at all the training you 've done and all the sacrifices you 've made and you do n't get a medal it 's pretty shattering . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Let's do as Sarella suggests and sit down calmly and listen to what each of us has to say . ’ |
| 8 | Surely we 've got time to sit down somewhere and have a coffee … ? ’ |
| 9 | Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis . |
| 10 | Robbie would have liked to sit down too and have somebody make her a drink . |
| 11 | On the other hand it may represent a genuine attempt by specialists in related subjects to sit down together and plan a programme which allows for separate activities but suggests common themes and provides examples of integrated lessons as in the Nigerian Cultural and Creative Art syllabus . |
| 12 | We , we do find it as a , as a group very difficult to organise ourselves and for us to have some time to sit down together and feed off one another and talk about it so this is quite , that 's quite hopeful , and I think that does show erm , something the same as er , I 'm sure Jack would say the same thing , like here we are , you know , we 've got all the incoming calls , we 've got all the other stuff to do , and what we 're actually doing when we 're trying to make appointments and so on is we , we fit it in , because we 're half way through |
| 13 | However , we now have an opportunity to show that Europe can address European problems and that we will intervene in a way that will give the people of Yugoslavia the opportunity to sit down together and find a peaceful solution to the problems . |
| 14 | The Americans expected it and so it prepared them to sit down quietly and listen to speech . |
| 15 | If it strikes you this way , let me remind you that Peter 's particular values are not the point at issue , and invite you to sit down quietly and compose your own , very different equivalent . |
| 16 | ‘ We will sit down tomorrow and see how we 're going to handle things . |
| 17 | Wo n't you sit down again and tell me something I 'm dying to ask you ? ’ |
| 18 | And as the lights came up , she 'd sit down again and let the thing creep back up through her bones where it belonged . |
| 19 | I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up |
| 20 | No , but possibly you could sit down together and go through it . |
| 21 | Let me finish in a very positive note in saying that I 'm as concerned as the speaker to which I reply that that day will be reached and reached soon , please God , when we can sit down together and share fully in the sacrament of the lord 's supper . |
| 22 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 23 | if you get started you can , you palm , the pattern comes back and you follow it through and you get the answer , erm , need to do it every , maybe sort of about once a month or so , for each topic , do n't let a topic go for about a month without you looking at it for ten minutes or so , and it will be surprising how that little bit of effort keeps it in your mind , so when you come to the exam you do n't sit down there and go , oh , it 's two months ago , I was doing everyone right , wonderful |
| 24 | Er I 'm gon na sit down quietly and do it one day erm it 's and make a sub-directory . |
| 25 | " If you will only sit down patiently and wait , our master , who is the most generous man in the world , will certainly give you a good supper when he comes back . |