Example sentences of "sit down for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 2 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 3 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 4 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 5 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
| 6 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 7 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 8 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 9 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 10 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 11 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 12 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 13 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
| 14 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 15 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
| 16 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 17 | She looks real comfy there and I think about sitting down for a bit and watching telly , but I ai n't got nothing to sit on so I just carry on standing up . |
| 18 | She instructed Lucien to be careful with his leg , and to exercise the rest of his body only while lying or sitting down for a while . |
| 19 | You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college . |
| 20 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
| 21 | I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’ |
| 22 | I 'll just sit down for a moment . ’ |
| 23 | The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being . |
| 24 | The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’ |
| 25 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |
| 26 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 27 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |
| 28 | It was in the third week after Minch had gone that he had first noticed that one of the Men , older than the Keeper , regularly came to the benches that ranged along the path by the Cages , and sat down for a while . |
| 29 | Then we sat down for a rest under a hedge , and Dana asked that typically American question : ‘ Do you want to talk about it ? ’ |
| 30 | In the middle of digging they all sat down for a mug of tea . |