Example sentences of "[conj] sit [adv prt] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Ah tell ye this , laddie , Ah 'm a helluva fast learner , so do n't think ye can pull the wool or sit around on yer fat little arse doin' bugger all . |
| 2 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
| 3 | Give yourself a massage either standing up or sitting down on a towel . |
| 4 | After the contestants hit their tee shots to the splendid par-3 that sits out on a bluff high above the boiling Pacific surf , they take their leave of the gallery until they return to the contiguous United States via Cypress ' par-4 17th hole . |
| 5 | You see when Steve used to erm come down to Selby I mean there were , there were occasions when I used to go into the college with him and sit in on some of his interviews . |
| 6 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 7 | ‘ Come and sit down on something more comfortable , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I get on with it most of the afternoon , and I 've still got a stack of unopened buff envelopes in my hand as I head doggedly back up the little twisting staircase and sit down on my hard box seat to get on with it again up here , a task which now looks likely to keep me here after everyone else has gone home . |
| 9 | Again , change hands , push the tiller to where you were sitting , watch for the boom , as it swings across , straighten up and sit down on the new side . |
| 10 | He removes his parka , wrapping it around the muzzle of his Sturm-Ruger , and sits back on the step of the lectern . |
| 11 | The grumbles of J. Alfred Prufrock in early Eliot are endurable if they are meant to be ridiculous , but only then ; and sitting around on Margate sands , or anywhere else , trying to connect nothing with nothing may be all right for Harvard men abroad , but ( as Eliot must already have discovered when he wrote The Waste Land ) it has nothing to do with the daily life of the Londoner . |
| 12 | Despite the cold , the atmosphere in the carriage was very stuffy , and it was more interesting to stand out here , even if people were pressing against the windows and sitting about on boxes and suitcases . |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't seem to find anything , ’ said Griselda , shuffling out and sitting back on her heels . |
| 14 | ‘ I think the sense of camaraderie among rock musicians comes from the traditional thing of playing together and sitting in on sessions , ’ elaborates Liam . |
| 15 | In simple terms the research will be carried out through a combination of library and archival research , reading of reports and committee papers , semi-structured interviews , structured interviews , participant observation and sitting in on meetings of relevant committees and groups . |
| 16 | He let his hand wander a little , and got it petulantly pushed away as she heaved herself out of the clutches of the chesterfield 's upholstery , and sat up on the edge of it . |
| 17 | As the mourners left , Lydia heard a low laugh and sat up on her rug , thinking suspiciously of her ears . |
| 18 | The British ambassador in Washington was consulted on a number of occasions by Kennedy , and sat in on top-level sessions of the US National Security Council . |
| 19 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 20 | Hari mended the fire and sat back on her heels , looking at her blackened fingers . |
| 21 | Then he stopped dead and sat back on his haunches . |
| 22 | He stopped work , and sat back on the edge of the lawn . |
| 23 | ‘ It wo n't come , ’ she said , and sat back on her haunches . |
| 24 | Rostov lowered himself on to his knees and sat back on his heels . |
| 25 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 26 | his voice altering in pitch , Ajayi took a deep breath and sat back on the stool . |
| 27 | Tenderly , she laid the first few bundles in the pail and sat back on her heels , blackened fingers curled , like a housewife waiting for the stove to light . |
| 28 | ‘ I have no quarrel with that , ’ said Bishop Aethelric ; and glanced at his Earl quickly , and sat back on his bench . |
| 29 | He held him down one-handed , smiling at his heavings and pantings as he struggled to break free ; but as soon as he tossed the straining wrists away from him and sat back on his heel to rise , Harry made a furious lunge for the hilt of the dagger Isambard himself had disdained to draw . |
| 30 | Zambia grunted uncomfortably and sat down on one of the couches . |