Example sentences of "just sit [adv prt] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 2 | Just sitting around waiting for me to finish playing is no life for a boyfriend . ’ |
| 3 | I thought it was n't worth just sitting around waiting for something to happen and I had already arranged to go to my friend 's house so I went out . |
| 4 | You 're in danger of every time you 're praising that person , they 're going to be sitting back waiting for the straight away , so you could n't , if you go up to somebody and they 've generally done a superb job and you ca n't fault him , and he knows he 's done a really good job , but he 's just sitting back waiting for you to way what , what you 've done wrong . |
| 5 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |