Example sentences of "have to sit [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dressing room is tiny — six feet square — and Cats has to sit on the floor of the Green Room propped against my open door , writing furiously while coping with the pranks of the dwarfs . |
| 2 | A range of disciplines and organizations ensures that all relevant points of view are considered , although this does not mean that every Tom , Dick and Harry has to sit on the planning committee ; rather , their insights and experience are gained through their active participation in informal discussions at the planning stage , and through consultation at all stages in the development process . |
| 3 | So Gough , who had a brilliant European Championship , has to sit on the bench with Roxburgh and sweat it out against Portugal in a match the Scots have to win . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd better go in anyway or we 'll end up having to sit in the shade for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 5 | the participants for H Two will have already discovered , we are still tackling part of H One from yesterday , but , and I apologize that you will have to sit through the outstanding items of discussion . |
| 6 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 7 | Now we did not have to sit on the edge of the bed — a much wider bed — because there were two chairs , and I had my own shower and facilities for making coffee and snacks . |
| 8 | If he/she fails to comply promptly , say , ‘ If you do not do as I asked you immediately you will have to sit on the chair in the hall . ’ |
| 9 | This mean that he probably do not wish to play as a central defender in the english premiership — central defenders in england are seldom allowed/seen going forward and ronny feels after playing three reserve games for spurs ( which is supposed to be a playing team … ) that this kind of futba does not suit him … so i guess he will be staying here — most of the top norw. players just think of one thing now — USA'94 and to be among the 24 that are travelling — and they choose club out from this : ie how much play will i get at my new club — better be going to a low-profile club in the premiership than a high profile club where i might have to sit on the bench ( Flo , Nilsen ( Sheff Utd ) , Halle , Pedersen ( Oldham ) , Fjortoft ( Swindon ) — will gets lot of play this winter — whereas players like Bjornebye ( Liverpool ) , Lydersen , ( Arsenal ) and Strandli ( Leeds ) struggle to keep/get places in their teams . |
| 10 | Waste of my time for an hour , waste of whoever 's gon na have to sit on the committee for even more , ridiculous . |
| 11 | You do have to sit on the floor . |
| 12 | She 'll have to sit in the back . |
| 13 | He introduced Billie to Jenny and saw her disappointment when the pilot explained she 'd have to sit in the back with the ferry tanks . |
| 14 | One of us had to sit on the floor of the phone box while the other stood up and rested on the shelf where you open out the directories . |
| 15 | You know that that 's about all the room there was was honestly was a table and chairs and more often than not a couple of us had to sit on the stairs . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes I had to sit on the tobacco setter , putting plants in the ground , but one summer was enough for me , ’ she recalls . |
| 17 | So , they could n't get it into their heads that you had to sit on the floor . |
| 18 | Self and Citrine frequently had to sit through the same item of business as it made its way through three , or in extreme cases five , formal meetings of different bodies before being finally approved . |
| 19 | Like most Chinese children unfortunate enough to grow up in the Sixties , Zeng 's education was severely disrupted by the Cultural Revolution , and he had to sit through the shouting matches and brain-washing sessions just as everyone else did . |
| 20 | Had to go back to the school — had to sit amongst the probationers , and then after the school , he was posted right from one side of the city to the other . |
| 21 | These symptoms were present most of the time , but became much worse if Sheila drove the car , used certain aerosol sprays , or had to sit in the same room as someone wearing perfume or aftershave . |
| 22 | She had to sit in the waiting-room , on a slippery horsehair sofa , while it was going on . |
| 23 | We had to sit in the waiting room with everyone else . |
| 24 | The Burrows children were expected to be examples to the other youngsters in the corps , and had to sit in the front seats of any hall they attended , where Captain Burrows could keep his eagle eye on them . |
| 25 | We had to sit in the shade out the road a bit |
| 26 | There ai n't no chairs or carpet or nothing , so if I go and see him I have to sit on the floor . |
| 27 | It did , however , illustrate how people in Britain often have good ideas for inventions but then have to sit on the sidelines as no one is prepared to back them . |
| 28 | At least financial agencies have some pressure to provide funds at competitive rates , and builders to guard against pricing themselves out of the market , but landowners just have to sit on the land until they get the price they demand . |
| 29 | Have to sit on the floor . |
| 30 | You have to sit on the sit on the floor . |