Example sentences of "sat [adj] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She sat bushy-tailed for the day at a table with two men , one her husband ( ‘ You 'd think I 'd know by now after thirty-eight years what he likes for his breakfast ’ ) , the other a distant cousin , I decided .
2 A teacher came after me but I climbed through a hedge and sat tight for an hour or so .
3 There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me .
4 He sat still for a while , steadying himself , waiting for explanations to arrange themselves in his head .
5 They sat still for a second , then Evans stood up and pushed his chair back and the others followed .
6 Philippa sat quiet for a while .
7 He sat quiet for a while .
8 When she had finished and was stirring a saccharine tablet into her coffee , he sat silent for a while , his little eyes half closed , his pursed lips showing that he was thinking hard .
9 She sat silent for a while , making a decision .
10 Maeve sat silent for a while .
11 He sat silent for a moment , glancing with a look of displeasure at the cars jamming them in on either side .
12 He sat silent for a moment , thinking .
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