Example sentences of "[verb] sit on [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How I hate to sit on his knee . |
| 2 | Do n't want to sit on her potty . |
| 3 | ‘ She wo n't get away from me like she did from the ‘ palookas ’ who tried to sit on her shoulder in the world championships . ’ |
| 4 | Do you need to sit on your potty ? |
| 5 | Charlotte are you listening to me , ooh , ooh , wakey , wakey , do you need to sit on your potty ? |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm worn out with eating , ’ he said , ‘ I want to sit on your lap while you tell us a story . |
| 7 | If you want to sit on your potty you sit on it I do n't want a nonsense . |
| 8 | Yes I think you want to sit on your potty . |
| 9 | Yes , I think you want to sit on your potty too . |
| 10 | No , you want to sit on his but you do n't worry about that . |
| 11 | When the other secretion , androsterone , was sprayed onto a chair in a dentist 's waiting room , more women were attracted to sit on it than men . |
| 12 | The door of the grocer 's shop was flung open with a ‘ crash ’ and a small rotund figure , angry as a bee that has sat on its own sting , buzzed past the rubber merchant and accosted the sedan-chair operator . |
| 13 | Derby was a weak man whose subservience could usually be taken for granted ( in Haig 's words he was like " the feather pillow [ who ] bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him " ) , but he was very conscious of his position in the party . |
| 14 | They then tried sitting on them . |
| 15 | The House has two very effective European Committees , but there seems to be an astonishing dearth of Liberal Democrats prepared to sit on them , although they have the right to do so . |
| 16 | I 'd sat on my palliasse writing notes , watching Selma plait her hair , trying to decide when to get up and walk down the inlet far enough to be out of sight in order to go to the loo . |
| 17 | She 'd sat on my lap in a friendly way , true , but that was just so I could get a better fix on her rug . |
| 18 | That was where I met and still meet the only person I 'd call a friend ; Jamie the dwarf , whom I let sit on my shoulders so he can see the bands . |
| 19 | If I had n't let her in she 'd have had to sit on her suitcase in the hall for three hours . ’ |
| 20 | One duck , however , was n't a very serious mother — she would lay her eggs all right , but could n't be bothered to sit on them long enough for them to hatch . |
| 21 | I do n't know how you manage to sit on anybody 's knee |
| 22 | I was never convinced by all that ‘ Would you like to sit on my knee ? ’ nonsense . |
| 23 | Er U P S er called us one time on some hand grenades hulls er the kind that you would use sat on your desk for a paperweight . |
| 24 | The Archon returned to sit on his throne . |
| 25 | If you get sat on it is because you allow yourself to be sat on . |
| 26 | They are concerned , which makes it all the more alarming that the Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen continue to sit on their backsides and endorse the TUC 's policy . |
| 27 | Geoff Allen , who has served Northampton as player and official for 30 years , said : ‘ What does stick in the throat is that Shelford , who has made our leading players better players , will probably have to sit on his backside while apparently some other overseas players can come and go as they please . ’ |
| 28 | I knew I 'd have to sit on my hands before I came here , but what if some sex offender starts talking about this or that ? |
| 29 | All questioned how its role could add to that newly reaffirmed by Cadbury of non-executive directors on audit committees , and who would be found to sit on it . |
| 30 | Somebody must have sat on it , or pulled it or |