Example sentences of "sat down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 2 | The masked figure stepped ponderously off the dais , sat down at the baize-covered table and indicated with a gloved hand that I should join him . |
| 3 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 4 | Mitch sat down at the small round table in the corner . |
| 5 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 6 | He sat down at the far end of the table . |
| 7 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
| 8 | Alexandra sat down at the huge scrubbed table at which she had watched twenty years of bread and pastry being made . |
| 9 | They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates . |
| 10 | He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano . |
| 11 | She was too to enjoy the hot weather and little beads of perspiration shone on her forehead as she sat down at the big desk opposite the row of girls . |
| 12 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |
| 13 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
| 14 | I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs . |
| 15 | He sat down on the far side of the room and I caught only a brief view of him through the dancers , but it was undoubtedly Ralph Pike still at large . |
| 16 | She sat down on the low wall . |
| 17 | In Hebrews chapter 10 verse 4 we read ‘ it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins ’ ( referring to the Old Testament sacrifices ) but in verse 12 we read ‘ But this man , after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever , sat down on the right hand of God . ’ |
| 18 | WHEN HE HAD BY HIMSELF PURGED OUR SINS , sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high . ’ |
| 19 | I sat down on the only patch of turf |
| 20 | Chrissie sat down on the bare floorboards , and watched the haggard features of the man she loved . |
| 21 | He sat down on the bare rock and shook his head . |
| 22 | So when the Trunchbull sat down on the Golden Syrup , the squelch was beautiful . |
| 23 | Kiah and Rilla sat down on the expensive green and black chairs and looked at the expensive flowers on the tables . |
| 24 | She sat down on the battered settle and opened the letter . |
| 25 | Ajayi sat down on the small stool on the other side of the table . |
| 26 | " Well , " Graham said awkwardly as Sara sat down on the small bed , " that 's us told . " |
| 27 | She sat down on the other side of the desk . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't know you were home , ’ said Terry , as he sat down on the adjacent bed . |
| 29 | Philip sat down on the wet scree thinking about the War , and Arnhem where Great Uncle John had been killed . |
| 30 | By common consent they sat down on the wet seat of ‘ Traveller 's Rest ’ , huddled under the umbrella , and stared out across the city . |