Example sentences of "sitting down on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that you 've found someone to help you with the children at last , ’ he said , sitting down on the sofa beside her . |
| 2 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ he repeated , sitting down on the stool and cradling the blackjack of ale in his hands , ‘ Woodforde is a quiet place . |
| 4 | Similarly on glaciers , the impact on a crevasse fall is greatly lessened by the friction of the rope cutting into the crevasse edge , and the load is easily held by sitting down on the surface and digging in the heels . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , Tess ! ’ said Bob , sitting down on the bed and putting his arm round her shoulders . |
| 6 | Sitting down on the edge of the bed , he began to draw circles in the air with the toes of his left foot . |
| 7 | " But you lived in a brothel , " Jane said , disbelief in her voice , sitting down on the edge of the bed and rubbing vigorously at her hair . |
| 8 | ‘ We were worried about you , ’ Ianthe explained , sitting down on the edge of the narrow bed . |
| 9 | ‘ Lunch wo n't be long , ’ said Bernice , sitting down on the edge of Billy 's bed and letting a hand stray over the duvet . |
| 10 | He tried to imagine her crossing to the phone , sitting down on the chair , legs slightly apart . |
| 11 | All of them were chasing the duck but they 've all they 've all decided to stop for the moment , they 're all sitting down on the grass . |
| 12 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 13 | She was sitting down on the couch with Newman beside her . |