Example sentences of "sat [adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have discussed our marriage many times over the last four or five years and then we just sat down and put everything into perspective . |
| 2 | And he came in and sat down and put his elbows on the edge of his tray and it all went whack over his blazer and it all slid down onto his trousers . |
| 3 | I never sat down and played the same thing twice . |
| 4 | Dr Arnold lauded the Reference team as much as he did his favourite orchestra , who sat down and played his works without any rehearsals or having read the music . |
| 5 | all I I sat down and visualized and then did it . |
| 6 | Surgeon Des Soares added : ‘ The Princess sat down and touched patients , and we want to ram home that this illness is not a curse of the gods . ’ |
| 7 | So when he had seen the sign ahead of him in the street , he 'd walked right in and sat down and demanded to be attended to . |
| 8 | Amanda came back wearing a tee-shirt and black leggings , made herself a large gin and tonic , sat down and drank . |
| 9 | Once they had left , I locked myself in , went back to my desk , sat down and buried my head in my hands . |
| 10 | ‘ What heat down there , ’ Sabina blew out , as she sat down and stuffed the handful of down she had pulled from the plover into the bag of feathers Nunzia kept for plumping pillows . |
| 11 | She hoisted the baby on to her hip and dragging a chair close up to the television set , sat down and stared at the blank screen . |
| 12 | I was totally staggered at receiving the letter and sat down and stared at it . |
| 13 | He sat down and stared at the gifts quite speechless . |
| 14 | She sat down and stared at her ice cream . |
| 15 | She murmured good morning , sat down and stared at her open notebook , the tip of her pen poised above the clean page . |
| 16 | She sat down and prepared to wait as long as was necessary . |
| 17 | He sat down and shared her blanket . |
| 18 | Then , having no inclination for Elle or Nova , he sat down and viewed the room . |
| 19 | We sat down and gorged . |
| 20 | But too long , and Rab , thinking fuck it all , whatever happened , sat down and rolled a fag . |
| 21 | Whole tribes of proud and even magnificent people have at times sat down and died for no other reason than that their ancient culture has been exposed , even briefly , to one that seems to belong to a superior order . |
| 22 | So I came on the Monday night to the Guild and it , it was n't long after , only a matter of weeks , before this lady erm she er came back home from Canada seeing to some other woman and er she just sat down and died . |
| 23 | Killion sat down and fell asleep . |
| 24 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 25 | Kolchinsky sat down and asked if Mobuto minded if he smoked . |
| 26 | I sat down and read further . |
| 27 | No not you get different statements different erm I would n't like to repeat some of them right , but if them lads sat down and studied it erm same as I 've said now and they say , Well yes aye . |
| 28 | I sat down and leant against the wall , trying to decide what to do . |
| 29 | Jackson recently sat down and listened through his collected works , prior to making selections for the current live show , and found the thread wearing a little thin in places . |
| 30 | parenthood , for example yo before the capabilities of reproductive technology became available nobody sat down and questioned whether we had a right to have children or not , whether it was a responsibility , a right or whatever , I mean it 's it 's very ironic that we 've actually thrown ourselves into a realm where we have to consider all these fundamental things about human behaviour and human nature |