Example sentences of "went to sit [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pouring out the coffee with a shaking hand , adding milk and sugar , she went to sit at the table . |
| 2 | She went to sit on the floor where the rush matting was covered by a rug and rested her back against the sofa . |
| 3 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 4 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 5 | I went to sit in the pâtisserie Louis , on a fragile gilt chair , at a table with a pink linen cloth and a bowl of freesias . |
| 6 | Julia went to sit in the kitchen , trying to stop applying what she had just heard to her own situation . |
| 7 | ‘ I went to sit in the library to wait for Mummy and I started to cry . ’ |
| 8 | Catherine said the music sounded sweeter from high up , and so she went to sit in the dark on the stairs . |