Example sentences of "[pron] sit [adv] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS THE plutocrats of world golf prepare to fly to Augusta for the first major championship of the season , — in some cases in their personal executive jets — it is a safe bet none of them sit back and reflect on the origins of their good fortune . |
| 2 | So I sit here and wait ? |
| 3 | Whilst I sit here and admire your expertise and |
| 4 | If I sit here , she thought , my hand guarding the pulse , if I sit here and do not move , I shall not die . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I sit up and stretch . |
| 7 | I sit up and examine the room . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | the people , because you know normally if a student comes to see me , I sit down and have an hour and half 's discussion |
| 10 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 11 | Do you mind if I sit down and drink my tea ? start tea . |
| 12 | If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam . |
| 13 | There 's a wooden bench by the side of the path , so I sit down and stretch my legs out . |
| 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 | The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’ |
| 17 | So I have to I I sit there the week before I get the you know before I get the money , I sit there and work it all out . |
| 18 | While Lynn and Thomas and Vicky and Dennis chattered , I sat back and let my fingers do the talking . |
| 19 | Thereafter I sat back and let Tod handle everything . |
| 20 | CHAMBERS Dictionary defines a moped as a motor assisted pedal cycle ; Geoff Thomas and his friends are racing to change its sit up and beg image . |
| 21 | No if you sit here cos look I and we sit here . |
| 22 | And I said you sit quietly and think and we shall do the same . |
| 23 | But at the Redgrave you sit back and watch an unarguable Macbeth unroll . |
| 24 | Do n't climb on the chair with your feet , your socks , come on you 'll hurt yourself you sit down or get off ! |
| 25 | ‘ You sit down and wrap this towel round your neck . ’ |
| 26 | and then you sit down and go through all what books are out and |
| 27 | You sit down and tell us |
| 28 | Make sure you sit down and fill the form in every evening , after your child has gone to bed , and try to be objective . |
| 29 | No it 's got a coupon as well look you sit down and get on with your breakfast , I wo n't tell you again . |
| 30 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |