Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] sit [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matthew put his things down on a chair but did not sit down himself . |
| 2 | He continued to serve on commissions and committees , notably helping to draft the New Model Army ordinance ( 1645 ) , chairing the committee on church government ( 1645–6 ) , and agreeing to try the king , although he did not sit on the trial commission ( 1648 ) . |
| 3 | They did not sit on the floor . |
| 4 | It is noticeable that the young Elizabeth I did not sit for him , with the result that there was a sharp decline in royal portraiture during the 1560s . |
| 5 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he did not sit for a degree . |
| 6 | And he knew that the Financial Secretary was the junior of three Treasury Ministers and did not sit in the Cabinet . |
| 7 | He did not sit in Richard Cromwell 's Parliament ( 1659 ) , where , however , he was assailed for gross abuses as major-general in Northamptonshire . |
| 8 | He did not sit in any subsequent Parliament . |
| 9 | He did not sit in Parliament after Pride 's Purge in December 1648 but took his seat after the readmission of the secluded members in February 1660 , and was re-elected to the Convention Parliament ( April 1660 ) . |
| 10 | Among the pieces of evidence advanced for the traditional view , for example , are the facts that until late in the reign of Suleyman the Muftis were considerably less well-paid than the kazaskers and that the Muftis did not sit in the divan whereas the kazaskers did . |
| 11 | It did not sit in the hallowed tombs of Stormont or Leinster House , but went out to the border areas , saw the problems and listened to those involved . |
| 12 | Little boys do not sit on windowsills . |
| 13 | ’ And although the old folk do not sit around the fire any more telling stories as they once did — many of the yarns told by Mr Murray 's own father have found their way into his poetry — there are always the excitements and discoveries of the present by way of compensation . |
| 14 | Do not sit in the hottest bath that you can stand , because this can make you feel faint and you could pass out when you stand up . |
| 15 | That night in the pub I did n't sit at the same table as the others but moved into the other bar with my pint and newspaper . |
| 16 | ‘ I bet you did n't sit on the sofa with him , holding hands . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Oh you did n't sit on the back seat then ? |
| 19 | Now , the recent boom in advanced home computer games has meant that fool boys like me do n't sit at home flicking the channels for blood , guts and gore : they recreate it by playing silly silicon war games . |
| 20 | As for the Gascons , they are gossipy , licentious , and poorly dressed ; although they eat and drink far too much they do n't sit at table but squat around a fire ; they all share the same cup and when they go to sleep they all share the same rotting straw , master and mistress , servants and all . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't sit at a roundabout in first . |
| 22 | On Tuesday Jessie went to a restaurant , cats do n't sit at tables said Jessie and . |
| 23 | It 's just a matter of waiting for your references to be checked out , or whatever the complication is , so all you 'd do , is stay , I mean , do n't sit at home . |
| 24 | Stand up : do n't sit on an upturned seat . |
| 25 | Do n't sit on his legs . |
| 26 | Do n't sit on Rebecca 's cup . |
| 27 | Oh sorry oh do n't sit on it ! |
| 28 | Well you do n't sit on him Marcus ! |
| 29 | Please do n't sit on the table . |
| 30 | Do n't sit on the back of the bike . |