Example sentences of "sat down [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They sat down at a low table in the corner , under a poster for the Campus Crèche and facing posters for the Pregnancy Advisory Service — ‘ A woman has a right to decide about her own body .
2 In the shopping centre , I was gratified to see my name up on the Day 's Attractions board , and I sat down at a prepared place by the side of the stage .
3 Once in her suite of rooms she sat down at a little Louis Quinze escritoire , its pale grey panels painted with carnations and pinks , and wrote a short letter to her faithless lover , asking him to call on her urgently at the embassy at eleven the next morning .
4 I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we !
5 At the end of the day 550 people sat down for a superb dinner in the marquee , prepared by and his team , where the trophies and prizes from the Grand Draw were presented , followed by a disco .
6 He felt his foot slip under him and sat down with a jarring shock , landing uncomfortably on a spanner and a piece of plastic tubing .
7 Martha sat down on a rough wood bench in the yard and pulled off one shoe to show her grandmother her sore toes .
8 Kāli sat down on a flat stone , sighing with relief .
9 Her voice had risen and the child now sat down on a low chair and quickly took off her shoes , then pulled her grey stockings down over her knees before , standing up , she asked , ‘ Will you unhook me , please ? ’
10 He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train .
11 He picked her up and sat down on a small settee , keeping his arm round her .
12 Benjamin sat down on a small bench near the pool and watched the silver , darting carp who swam in dashes of light amongst the water grass and luxuriant lily pads .
13 She sat down on a modern sofa in cream and chrome and surveyed the room .
14 He sat down on a tiny painted nursery chair beside the bed .
15 Julia sat down on a hard chair beside the child .
16 He sat down on a hard kitchen chair and stared hopefully up at Coffin .
17 Satisfying himself that he was absolutely alone , Yanto sat down on a handy clump of grass and removed his boots , which together with the two rabbits , he placed under a nearby blackthorn bush .
18 Conscious that she had been crawling around in the hot sunshine for some time without a hat , she retired a short distance to the shade of some trees , sat down on a convenient boulder and tried to conjecture how Alain Gebrec might have spent his last moments .
19 So they sat down on a big , flat , comfortable stone in the grass .
20 Sally-Anne sat down on a wooden bench , the trug at her feet , and drowsed a little in the sun .
21 The girls sat down on a large pew-looking bench in the alcove and laughed at Billy who was standing with his back to the blazing logs doing his knee bending policeman act .
22 The Doctor sat down on a nearby rock .
23 When fitzAlan stepped away from her and sat down on a nearby chair , hooking one booted foot over his knee and regarding her with grimly assessing eyes , her mind was clear once more , ready with the plan Matilda had outlined .
24 She found a jasmine-scented corner of garden at the side of the house and sat down on a rustic wooden seat , watching twittering birds come and go fearlessly around a hanging seed basket .
25 Someone else came into the room and sat down on a plain wooden chair to watch him struggle .
26 He sat down on a white , tulip-shaped chair .
27 I sat down to a great Conservative cheer and then Michael Meacher had his opportunity .
28 Willie Learmouth the session clerk came by today for the Intimations and he 's an awful nice man , one of Nature 's Gentlemen , went to Allan Glen 's when that meant something , his wife 's got a plastic hip but you never hear him complain , anyway he sat down to a wee cup of tea and naturally he could not resist my all butter shortbread ‘ Nettie , ’ says he , ‘ your petticoat tails would melt in a man 's mouth . ’
29 The smiling white face of William Ehrman , young third secretary at the British Embassy , was a reassuring presence at the table , when we sat down to a welcoming drink .
30 Pale and shaking , they sat down to a muted conversation about where the day 's campaign would be fought .
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