Example sentences of "the [noun] sit [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mickey Aronson shouted as the President sat in behind the wheel . |
| 2 | The priest sat down on the bench next to him . |
| 3 | He fumbled with the microphone while the girl sat down at the rear , the bag in her lap . |
| 4 | You got a very good committee , dedicated committee erm who , you see the young trainees were sent to the technical colleges and you see , erm some of them did go on if they graduated to Stanford Hall , but I mean those that went to technical college , we used to have to get the committee to sit in at the examinations . |
| 5 | The cat sat up in the branches , and it yowled plaintively . |
| 6 | While all this went on , the parents sat around on the school 's battered garden furniture , the mothers watching each other warily , the fathers armoured in a remote mildness that Robert recognized from his own parent . |
| 7 | If we were gon na say , right , this only is gon na apply to mega- projects , tt and therefore it would be appropriate for the project coordinator to be the person to sit down at the start of the job , when he 's agreeing the remit with the client , when he 's developing the erm tt er who 's doing what within the functions . |
| 8 | The Marshal sat down in the gloom at the plush-covered table and faced the tearful woman across a bowl of plastic fruit . |
| 9 | The Captain sat down in the Brigadier 's chair where the girl 's effects were neatly folded and labelled . |
| 10 | The dog sat down on the footpath and scratched his head . |
| 11 | So when the Trunchbull sat down on the Golden Syrup , the squelch was beautiful . |
| 12 | The man sat down at the table and Marcus put water in the kettle . |
| 13 | The friar sat down on the sanctuary steps and stared into his fat , cheery face . |
| 14 | Freddie the Nark sat back in the cab , feeling very pleased with himself for the way he had handled such a tricky situation . |
| 15 | At 9 p.m. the women sat down in the common room and said they were n't going to bed until the heating was fixed . |
| 16 | In the dingy back room , the tom sat down on the ramshackle chair . |
| 17 | That night the adults sat round in the front room , among the Christmas lilies and gladioli in the last of the evening sun and talked after supper . |
| 18 | But the family sat on with the inertia of those who have travelled a long way and are reluctant to face the effort of arrival . |