Example sentences of "[conj] then sit on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we lost height , just the two of us in a landscape of dazzling white , so Liena regained strength and interest in the day , and we would stop every now and then to sit on our rucksacks in the snow that coated the glacier and gaze in awe at the beauty of the scene . |
| 2 | On behalf of their inarticulate owners , these clothes say ‘ I 'm not playing ! ’ and then sit on the sidelines ( so you can see how upset you 've made them ) , and wait for the world to be nice . |
| 3 | The Skeleton rips a chunk of raw flesh out of the character ( normal damage , +3 ) and then sits on the floor and begins to bite and tear at its ‘ meal ’ . |
| 4 | I had lunch and then sat on the wheelbarrow swatting flies , neither willing to go further out of my way , nor to return , just in case I was on the right track . |
| 5 | Jazz switched the television off and came outside with them and they kicked a tin-can round the field a bit and then sat on some dumped oil-drums and watched the lights come on along the front and smoked a cigarette and reflected on their fate . |
| 6 | Aha , Albert thought — spying on me ; and then sat on himself for thinking anything so paranoid . |
| 7 | Jessamy walked through the wilder part of the garden and then sat on a fallen tree-trunk , rapidly sketching the shadow-filled path that led round to the pond , the twisted shapes of the tree boughs , and the dark clumps of rushes . |
| 8 | He picked up the wine cup and sipped from it and then sat on the bed next to Sir John , staring down at the great wooden bed posters . |