Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] n't sit " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoving 's gushings are just as tiresome as his nastiness : his description of warming up the cantankerous Robert Lehman ( estranged from the museum over what the collector believed to be an anti-Semitic slight ) recalls similar scenes in Shirley Temple films , the main difference being that presumably Hoving did n't sit on Lehman 's lap . |
| 2 | The name does n't sit very well on the tongue . |
| 3 | On Tuesday Jessie went to a restaurant , cats do n't sit at tables said Jessie and . |
| 4 | Harley did n't sit around totally idle ; there were some one-off specials — Hammersmith Odeon and Camden Palace — and of course he was six months working on Andrew Lloyd Webber 's ‘ Phantom Of The Opera ’ … |
| 5 | Hard-line street life does n't sit easily with the girls ' culture , and for all their stylish revolt , in the end the only way to belong seems to be to be part of the community of women . |
| 6 | But somehow , now that the 34-year-old Yuri is spending more time away from his homeland — touring with the Bolshoi to Europe , America and the Far East , starring in Sleeping Beauty , Romeo & Juliet and Swan Lake , meeting politicians and top businessmen , even being presented to royalty — that shaggy , laid-back image does n't sit so well on his broad shoulders . |
| 7 | And I rang them and see if I could cancel it for the Monday and he only , the doctor does n't sit on the Monday , so I 've got |