Example sentences of "she sit [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sat there for a few seconds , then heard a voice softly calling her name . |
| 2 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 3 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |