Example sentences of "and sit [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm crying a bit as I try and stick the pieces together , but I ca n't do it so I just leave them on the floor and sit back in the chair . |
| 2 | ‘ Come and sit down in the bar , ’ says Mrs Bixman . |
| 3 | Let's go and sit down in the thing |
| 4 | Let's go back and sit together in the shade , shall we ? |
| 5 | Brett pulled up a chair and sat discreetly in the corner . |
| 6 | She managed , just , to stifle a tart response as a young woman came into the consulting-room and sat carefully in the chair . |
| 7 | Ruth swung her long tanned legs to the patio and sat up in the lounger where she had been soaking up the sun lasciviously for the past hour and irrationally telling herself that if Fernando Serra had really loved her he would n't have let her slip away from him so easily . |
| 8 | We put a bench across the loo and the bidet and sat there in the bathroom , on kitchen stools , putting clocks together ! |
| 9 | Katherine blurted out the memorized address and sat back in the comfortable warmth of the car . |
| 10 | She felt very conscious of his presence , and it was with relief that she completed her task and sat back in the chair . |
| 11 | A shaken Charles followed the line of the bullet and sat down in the nearest chair . |
| 12 | Lee got up and picked up a piece of cross-stitch tapestry from the top of an old record-player and sat down in the rocking-chair , her back to the two young people . |
| 13 | A man came in and sat down in the seat opposite him . |
| 14 | He put the machine on the round table in front of the sofa , plugged it into a socket and sat down in the nearest armchair . |
| 15 | Gentle accepted the wine , and sat down in the corner of the ill-sprung couch , where it was easiest to ignore the demands of the screen . |
| 16 | She followed him into the kitchen and sat down in the chair offered to her . |
| 17 | Patrick tied on his gown and sat down in the chair beside the fire . |
| 18 | Taking a deep breath , he walked slowly across the room and sat down in the easy chair directly facing his mother . |
| 19 | He took a sip of his own drink and sat down in the leather chair closest to the fireplace , looking into the authentic fake gas flames as he sipped his drink . |
| 20 | She took the gun and sat down in the armchair at Urquhart 's head . |
| 21 | Mama wrapped the baby in a big blue flannel blanket and sat down in the kitchen armchair to nurse . |
| 22 | She stopped on her journey , and sat down in the street under one of the sparse trees , to try to let the queasiness ebb away . |
| 23 | He grunted with annoyance and sat down in the sparse grass with his back to the worn stone and let the meagre sun warm him . |
| 24 | She sighed and sat down in the window seat . |
| 25 | So he made a cup of coffee ( realising , sensibly for once , that he 'd had enough alcohol ) , and sat down in the low upholstered chair with wooden arms that was one of the room 's few comforts . |
| 26 | Lisa watched with irritation as he came into the room , pushed aside his coat and sat down in the armchair . |
| 27 | I just slumped and sat down in the mud and dirt . |
| 28 | I closed the door and sat down in the one chair this side of his desk . |
| 29 | Halfway down we caught up with them outside the Trift Hotel and sat together in the sunshine on the veranda looking up at the peaks , eating spaghetti and drinking beer . |
| 30 | The Woman gave him one look and then switched off the light and Doyle settled himself in the chair and sat silently in the shadows . |