Example sentences of "[adv] just sit [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking at the launch of the coalition , the Chairman , Professor John Moxham , said : ‘ We doctors can no longer just sit by and watch this tragedy , under the guise of acceptable promotion … |
| 2 | She would not just sit there and let him do this to her ! |
| 3 | But it was true , what Jim said , in business you ca n't stand still , you go up or you go down , you ca n't just sit comfortably in your own 1972 executive four-bedroomed plate-glass-windowed centrally heated wall-to-wall-carpeted gadget-equipped house , with your Rover and your wife 's Mini in the two-car garage , and your pot plants in your loggia , and your electric lawn mower in the shed : you ca n't sit still and enjoy it , you ca n't call it a day and call a halt when you own it all and do n't owe anyone a penny , you have to go on and on , relentlessly onwards , juggling with larger and larger sums , owing more , paying out more , until finally perhaps the whole thing comes tumbling round your head like a pack of cards . |
| 4 | You ca n't just sit here . ’ |
| 5 | But I ca n't just sit here and watch him . |
| 6 | " We ca n't just sit here , Gordon . " |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't just sit here stranded . ’ |
| 8 | He could n't just sit here and do nothing . |
| 9 | But as to advice — well , do n't just sit around waiting for the telephone to ring . |
| 10 | If , when you arrive at the interview you find you are early or there is a delay , do n't just sit around allowing tension to build up inside you . |
| 11 | You could n't just sit down in a street . |
| 12 | It 's because you ca n't just sit down and di if you do n't know how to spell , I ca n't spell anyway , d' you know when I did it , the student actually wrote a letter to me and to th or to the exam board car saying that this hand-writing is appalling and the spelling , it 's due to the person who was doing the amanuensing , rather th but I was marking it anyway so it did n't really matter , but they were so distressed at the handwriting that I produced . |
| 13 | You ca n't just sit there and munch their biscuits without a single bloody word ! |
| 14 | Feedback Your Letters To The Editor Do n't just sit there bottling up your emotions . |
| 15 | ‘ This is the first one that says , ‘ Do n't just sit there ’ . ’ |
| 16 | If you 've got a story that will interest other readers , do n't just sit there , get scribbling ! |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't just sit there looking like that . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well , do n't just sit there , you fool , ’ his friend replied . |
| 19 | Do n't just sit there and ooze the thought at me . |
| 20 | Do n't just sit there and worry alone — if you 've got a problem and feel you need some help , write to Sue Frost |
| 21 | Go on , do n't just sit there , tell me , ’ she demanded , in a manner that later she condemned as shrewish . |
| 22 | Do n't just sit there and worry alone — if you 've got a problem and you feel you need some help , write to Sue Frost |
| 23 | Do n't just sit there and worry on your own — if you 've got a problem and feel you need some help , write to Sue Frost |
| 24 | Pete Goss took a group up to the foredeck to demonstrate a spinnaker hoist , four were dispatched to the leeward rail to induce some heel and to those in the cockpit Nick commanded : ‘ Well , do n't just sit there , get tying knots . ’ |
| 25 | Do n't just sit there , sulkin' . ’ |
| 26 | Reply guaranteed , if poss a photo , but not essential- Well , do n't just sit there — get scribbling ! |
| 27 | They ca n't just sit there and saying nothing . |
| 28 | But she could n't just sit there and let him criticise her choice of friends . |
| 29 | You must n't just sit there and do it love . |
| 30 | it wo n't just sit there |