Example sentences of "sat down [coord] [vb past] [prep] [art] " 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 | Whole tribes of proud and even magnificent people have at times sat down and died for no other reason than that their ancient culture has been exposed , even briefly , to one that seems to belong to a superior order . |
| 4 | I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do . |
| 5 | Dickinson sat down and looked at the adjutant , appalled . |
| 6 | ‘ I sat down and said to the doctor ‘ So I have cancer ’ and he said ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 7 | The Captain sat down and reached for the telephone . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She sat down and leaned against the bole of the tree , watching him . |
| 10 | Dorcas sat down and leaned against the yellow metal . |
| 11 | He sat down and pushed at the lid with one filthy paw . |
| 12 | He sat down and fumbled for a cigarette . |
| 13 | We sat down and talked for a while before setting off towards Hawes , as the sun broke through the clouds and the dog pulled him downhill towards the cairns . |
| 14 | They sat down and talked for a short time . |