Example sentences of "sat [adv] [conj] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 2 | He sat down and stared at the gifts quite speechless . |
| 3 | I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do . |
| 4 | Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled . |
| 5 | ‘ I sat down and said to the doctor ‘ So I have cancer ’ and he said ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 6 | The Captain sat down and reached for the telephone . |
| 7 | But still the urge to express her feelings tormented her and at last , in defiance of that dislike she had felt on their last meeting , she sat down and wrote to the person to whom she had once been most close , to Mrs Browning . |
| 8 | She sat down and leaned against the bole of the tree , watching him . |
| 9 | Dorcas sat down and leaned against the yellow metal . |
| 10 | He sat down and pushed at the lid with one filthy paw . |
| 11 | He sat up and stared at the sky in wonder . |
| 12 | He sat up and looked around the room . |
| 13 | It was early yet , she noted , and , feeling in no hurry to start a day that might well fall into the same luckless category as yesterday and the day before and the day before that , she sat up and leant against the headboard . |
| 14 | Not daring to put on the light , she sat up and felt for the glass of water on the bedside table . |
| 15 | I sat up and turned on the bedside light to see the shadows in the room . |
| 16 | Then quickly she sat up and fumbled in the darkness and found the sheet on which she had written . |
| 17 | ‘ But you 're right , Lewis , ’ added Morse slowly , as he sat back and stared at the ceiling for a few seconds . |
| 18 | So , with flight planning filed , mostly mentally , I sat back and waited for the weather to give me a perfect day . |
| 19 | The DDA sat back and waited for the Exec Director to continue . |
| 20 | With Lithuania not given a snowball 's chance , Lansdowne Road sat back and waited for the avalanche … and waited … and waited . |
| 21 | The female detective sat back and glanced round the bar to see if anyone was taking any notice of them . |
| 22 | But I sat there and listened to the bells . |