Example sentences of "i sit [adv prt] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available .
2 I sit up and rest against the wall .
3 I sit up and stretch .
4 I sit up and examine the room .
5 There 's a wooden bench by the side of the path , so I sit down and stretch my legs out .
6 ‘ Well , I certainly find that if I sit down and play blues for forty-five minutes or an hour , it 's hard to get back into the rock feel .
7 I sit down and say to myself , how can I convert a mileage reading of one hundred and fifty thousand into only ten thousand without taking the speedometer to pieces ?
8 There are days when I sit down and my mind goes back to prison , when I 'd be looking out the window , thinking , I wish I was out there , you know , doing something .
9 I sit down and Bobby thrusts a gold-rimmed album into my arms , in which there are old photos of Gilly , Megan , Maggie and other people whom I do not know but have heard about .
10 If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam .
11 Do you mind if I sit down and drink my tea ? start tea .
12 the people , because you know normally if a student comes to see me , I sit down and have an hour and half 's discussion
13 And I sit back and smile .
14 The remaining 10 per cent , I sit back and let John manipulate me .
15 I sit back and feel good about the things which went right .
16 And so he asked this girl Jane and , and then he asked me and erm and er had I sat down and thought about it I could have said well er what I thought , you know , the correct way er but I thought well there 's correct and there 's correct and I think the right way is to write to it and to say yes thanks
17 ‘ After I talked to Mr. Connors here , I sat around and thought it all over .
18 Mick 's head disappeared from the entrance to the trench as I sat up and listened to a shell burst close by .
19 I sat up and looked around .
20 I sat up and leant over him and grabbed my bag .
21 I sat up and he gave me the handkerchief out of his pyjama pocket .
22 I sat up and turned on the bedside light to see the shadows in the room .
23 A minute , two minutes passed ; then I sat up and swung out of bed .
24 I sat up and she was kneeling beside me , picking at herself disgustedly , trying to get rid of the fungi and moulds .
25 I sat up and she withdrew her hand .
26 ‘ I do n't know how long I was in there before I sat up and looked around .
27 John has had his career and I sat by and supported him .
28 I sat down and Katrina soon joined me again .
29 I sat down and read further .
30 For three weeks I had nothing to do and I sat down and decided — I have recorded all these pieces before — to see if there was not something more behind the music .
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