Example sentences of "i sit [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I sit here and wait ? |
| 2 | Whilst I sit here and admire your expertise and |
| 3 | If I sit here , she thought , my hand guarding the pulse , if I sit here and do not move , I shall not die . |
| 4 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |
| 5 | I sit up and stretch . |
| 6 | I sit up and examine the room . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I certainly find that if I sit down and play blues for forty-five minutes or an hour , it 's hard to get back into the rock feel . |
| 8 | the people , because you know normally if a student comes to see me , I sit down and have an hour and half 's discussion |
| 9 | ‘ I sit down and say to myself , how can I convert a mileage reading of one hundred and fifty thousand into only ten thousand without taking the speedometer to pieces ? |
| 10 | Do you mind if I sit down and drink my tea ? start tea . |
| 11 | If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam . |
| 12 | There 's a wooden bench by the side of the path , so I sit down and stretch my legs out . |
| 13 | The remaining 10 per cent , I sit back and let John manipulate me . |
| 14 | I sit back and feel good about the things which went right . |
| 15 | The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’ |
| 16 | So I have to I I sit there the week before I get the you know before I get the money , I sit there and work it all out . |
| 17 | And so he asked this girl Jane and , and then he asked me and erm and er had I sat down and thought about it I could have said well er what I thought , you know , the correct way er but I thought well there 's correct and there 's correct and I think the right way is to write to it and to say yes thanks |
| 18 | I sat here and sat here |
| 19 | I sat forward and waited for my craft to appear . |
| 20 | I sat forward and stared back at him with all the strength of my pioneering ancestors . |
| 21 | ‘ After I talked to Mr. Connors here , I sat around and thought it all over . |
| 22 | Mick 's head disappeared from the entrance to the trench as I sat up and listened to a shell burst close by . |
| 23 | I sat up and leant over him and grabbed my bag . |
| 24 | I sat up and looked around . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know how long I was in there before I sat up and looked around . |
| 26 | A minute , two minutes passed ; then I sat up and swung out of bed . |
| 27 | I sat up and turned on the bedside light to see the shadows in the room . |
| 28 | John has had his career and I sat by and supported him . |
| 29 | ‘ An hour later I sat down and began to write the script . ’ |
| 30 | I sat down and began to cry . |