Example sentences of "sat [adv prt] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abruptly she sat down again and struggled to control the sudden erratic pounding of her heart . |
| 2 | There was a fraught silence , then he sat down again and crossed his legs with great deliberation . |
| 3 | Sadie sat down again and nibbled her bread and dripping . |
| 4 | Müller sat down again and ordered another Kir . |
| 5 | Once she was propped comfortably against the pillows Penry Vaughan sat down again and went on with his story . |
| 6 | So he sat down again and listened to the story of the Damianis , of their life in Jaffa and of how they fled in 1948 , how David Damiani stood on the stern of the ship off Jaffa port and wished he could have turned round then and gone back to his home . |
| 7 | He sat down again and began to refill his pipe . |
| 8 | So she sat down again and looked at the clock and she could n't believe what she was seeing : fifteen minutes past ten ! |
| 9 | I sat down again and lapsed into dreamland . |
| 10 | He sat down again and closed his eyes . |
| 11 | He sat down again and moved closer . |
| 12 | Mr Stych sat down again and drained his glass . |
| 13 | Frank sat down again and launched into a tale of how he had outwitted the guards at every turn and been the mainstay of the prisoners . |
| 14 | Donleavy sat down again and lit another Merit . |
| 15 | If we sat down now and tried to write something fashionable , we could n't do it — our hearts would n't be in it , and it would sound bollocks . |
| 16 | He helped her to cream and sugar , then , taking his own black , sat down opposite and looked at her . |
| 17 | So they sat down together and opened them . |
| 18 | He sat up straight and became official . |
| 19 | Keith sat up straight and stared at her . |
| 20 | She then sat up straight and stared at my master . |
| 21 | She sat up straight and stared into space , her eyes wide . |
| 22 | Shelley shook her head in mock despair at the state of his lungs , but she was reassured by the noise , and the way he sat up straight and opened his eyes , blinking in the brightness of the morning sun beneath the plane tree shade . |
| 23 | He sat up gingerly and looked slowly around the cell . |
| 24 | Johnny sat up quickly and looked at her , a dawning awareness on his face . |
| 25 | Alyssia sat up quickly and looked at Piers , who was staring at her with that perpetual look of lazy mockery on his face . |
| 26 | Caroline sat up quickly and put her hands to her cheeks . |
| 27 | He sat up quickly and hit his head on the eave . |
| 28 | She sat up smartly and stared at him . |
| 29 | The boy sat up suddenly and laughed a strange , low laugh . |
| 30 | Her mother sat up suddenly and started shouting through the tears . |