Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] for a " in BNC.

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1 Sit down for a minute .
2 There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree .
3 I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather .
4 You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’
5 Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first .
6 When you sit down for a wee while .
7 Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’
8 ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’
9 Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute .
10 No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there
11 Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’
12 It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment .
13 You have to sit down for a minute —
14 When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix .
15 I needed to sit down for a minute .
16 Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid .
17 Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something .
18 so we had to sit down for a while .
19 I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit .
20 In most cases asking a child to sit out for a while is sufficient " discipline " providing the drama is interesting enough to draw them back in .
21 We sit around for a bit , chatting .
22 I find I can easily put things into perspective , see both sides of an issue , if I just sit around for a while and I probably do that for half an hour a day .
23 She looks real comfy there and I think about sitting down for a bit and watching telly , but I ai n't got nothing to sit on so I just carry on standing up .
24 You could no longer do the things I 'd taken for granted , like making a cup of tea and sitting down for a gossip when I came in from college .
25 I ca n't see him sitting down for a quiet civilized three cornered discussion . ’
26 She instructed Lucien to be careful with his leg , and to exercise the rest of his body only while lying or sitting down for a while .
27 ‘ In our position , there is no point in sitting back for a draw . ’
28 And Ben like when we were sort of there Ben sort of we 'd been sitting around for a while and he said it 's very embarrassing to have to ask this but you 're staying the night and stuff erm are you two a couple or are you just friends so no , just friends but it 's alright , if you do n't have any spare rooms we 'll be perfectly happy to sleep together , do n't worry .
29 Why do n't we go and sit down for a few minutes and then you can decide what you want to do next ? ’
30 The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being .
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