Example sentences of "to sit [prep] [art] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’ |
| 2 | Never one to sit behind a desk if he could help it , he tried to see the battle front for himself , and was severely wounded . |
| 3 | Instead , they have in place systems that literally force the manager to move around the table during the A&C ; session to sit with the employee and scan the organisation for individual development opportunities . |
| 4 | I used to sit under the table and pretend not to hear . |
| 5 | I think this system of getting all the children to sit round a table and be taught as a group is wrong , I think they should be taught individually , should have a desk of their own and , and the teacher should stand there and deliver the lesson er to each person but that 's , that 's the way it goes |
| 6 | Apparently they all had to sit in a circle and put their hands on the playing board . |
| 7 | Ask the children to sit in a circle and explain that the aim of the game is to toss the beanbag ( bomb ) to a child in the circle who may not be expecting it , possibly by looking one way and throwing the other . |
| 8 | Tobie made to sit in a chair and then desisted , because it was inlaid and foreign and breakable . |
| 9 | Walking briskly towards Sloane Square to get some lunch at his club , he said : ‘ In Kenya , I like to sit in a car and watch the world go by . |
| 10 | ‘ I was in a hotel last night and I would have loved to sit in the bar and have a drink . |
| 11 | Are these people afraid to expose themselves in a panel condemning the National Health Service or just to sit in the background and make any comments ? |
| 12 | ‘ He used to sit in the garden and go to sleep or drink hundreds of cups of tea . |
| 13 | needs to sit in the printer and things like that erm so you do n't you know |
| 14 | And er he apparently told her to sit in the car while he finished his |
| 15 | She was went to sleep in the car I used to sit in the car and do it cos the light was good out there . |
| 16 | Yes it is nice it 's okay if you can do it in daylight , but artificial light is difficult and I used to sit in the car when Charlotte was asleep . |
| 17 | It is simply not safe to have radios on the side of the bath , or electrical heaters plugged in to the bathroom in winter , or to sit in the bath while shaving with an electric razor . |
| 18 | He waves me to sit in the chair and I do , yawning . |
| 19 | I ca n't remember any of it now , but I used to sit on a crate and listen to her , and think about freedom , stupid things you think when you 're a kid , you know . |
| 20 | Her first employment was likely to be as a " reading girl " , that is to sit on a stool and read out the copy to a compositor . |
| 21 | Designed to sit on a table or beside your bed , it contains a pad impregnated with natural oils that are warmed and released into the air ; three heat settings control the rate of vaporisation . |
| 22 | He told Corbett to sit on a bench and went back to where he and a young man , a villein from the village , were poring over a great leatherbound book open on the table . |
| 23 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 24 | If you got into trouble you were made to sit on a chair and look at a wall for twenty-four hours a day . |
| 25 | ‘ Honestly , how they get away with such stuff — it 's bad enough they take a large commission , but to sit on the money as long as they do … ’ |
| 26 | The supposition being that it 's always easier for the offspring just to sit on the nest and wait for the parent . |
| 27 | In light winds this can still be done by lowering yourself to sit on the board and then pulling on a straight front arm to pull yourself up . |
| 28 | They also pointed out that there was no room service and Maggie sank back down to sit on the bed and nurse her aching face . |
| 29 | To sit on the beach and suntan . |
| 30 | I would advise anyone taken to Castlereagh to sit on the floor and say the Rosary for seven days . |