Example sentences of "she sit [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sits there and answers the telephone basically . |
| 2 | She sits there and does them twice as fast as me . |
| 3 | How could she sit calmly and read a magazine , when all the time she knew that any moment there would be a knock on the door , and Luke would be standing there , waiting ? |
| 4 | She sat up and stretched out her hand to him . |
| 5 | She sat up and stared at Matthew , her eyes red with tears . |
| 6 | Without turning on the light she sat up and reached for her bottle and glass , faintly alarmed to discover she could find them both by feel alone . |
| 7 | She sat up and reached blindly for the clasp of the bra , and just for a moment her breasts swung into view . |
| 8 | It was early yet , she noted , and , feeling in no hurry to start a day that might well fall into the same luckless category as yesterday and the day before and the day before that , she sat up and leant against the headboard . |
| 9 | She sat up and tugged her shirt over the hopeless tangle of her hair . |
| 10 | At once she sat up and crossed her hands in her lap . |
| 11 | She sat up and swung her legs to the side of the bed . |
| 12 | Not daring to put on the light , she sat up and felt for the glass of water on the bedside table . |
| 13 | She sat up and looked around . |
| 14 | She sat up and looked at me . |
| 15 | Instead , she sat up and looked the big rascal right in the eye . |
| 16 | ‘ Suddenly she sat up and said ‘ what are you doing here ’ . |
| 17 | She sat up and rubbed her eyes , colouring furiously as she realised she had been using Roman 's shoulder for a head-rest . |
| 18 | After telling me her story with all those rumblings of resentment and flashes of only half-buried hatred , Nancy 's blue eyes suddenly lit up , her pinched face broke into a smile , she sat up and cried , ‘ It 's me sister ! ’ |
| 19 | She sat up and put her hand to her mouth : the gesture of someone gobbling peanuts . |
| 20 | She sat up and put a hand to her forehead . |
| 21 | Suddenly she sat up and put her podgy arms around the shoulders of both girls . |
| 22 | Then quickly she sat up and fumbled in the darkness and found the sheet on which she had written . |
| 23 | He drew a harsh breath , muttered something under his breath , then looked away and released her , getting off the bed in those dark blue trousers , his chest bare , thrusting his hands into his pockets , his back to her while she sat up and fumbled to rearrange her clothes , tears falling silently over her cheeks . |
| 24 | The knitter pushed her shoulder and she sat up and opened her eyes . |
| 25 | There was no answer to her gibe , and , despite the fact that the fumes in the room told her the substance on her hair was likely to blind her if it made contact , she sat up and risked opening one eye . |
| 26 | She sat up and repeated it , hypnotised by the double meaning' ( 221 ) ; Bless you , Georgina , ’ said Julia , with at least three different levels of meaning in her tone' ( 232 ) . |
| 27 | She sat up and frowned . |
| 28 | She sat up and wrapped her arms round her knees , her hair falling round her like a cloak . |
| 29 | She sat forward and opened her eyes . |
| 30 | She sat forward and clasped Mrs Mentiply by the wrist . |