Example sentences of "[pron] sit down with [art] " in BNC.

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1 About 9.30 I sit down with a cup of coffee to read the paper .
2 For the first set of songs , I had more to do with that side mainly because I 'm the guitarist , and I sit down with the guitar for 3 or 4 hours every day , so there 's always a riff there .
3 The next task is to cut the hide to a more manageable size , and I assumed that the straps would be cut out at this stage , so looked around for someone sitting down with a steel rule and a knife .
4 I sat down with the Financial Times and tried to count how many people were actually smoking underneath no-smoking signs .
5 And do you find that if you sit down with a guitar to write , with all the best intentions in the world , you end up …
6 So you sit down with The Hook and ask him about what it was like in the '60s in London , when he was lionised by Van Morrison , The Animals , Peter Green and all the gut-bucket R&B bands , but he just laughs and says it was fun .
7 Do you sit down with a blank sheet of paper and think ‘ I 'm going to write a poem on the subject of windows , or bible stories ’ ?
8 When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time .
9 That we sit down with the figures and it might be another thing like we did with the bridal magazines , that we go to somebody and say , look we would like to do this to increase our turnover , will you fund us for half a year ?
10 Clark and Howey signed three-year contracts last month and Keegan said : ‘ We sat down with the two lads and their fathers and worked out a deal that was right for them .
11 Fabia could n't help picking up the air of excitement about her , and realised that she was n't the only one when barely had they sat down with a cup of tea than her father , an observant man , was asking , ‘ Are you going to tell us about it — or is it a secret ? ’
12 They sat down with a glass each before making the final assault on the stacking of the dishwasher ready for Mrs Thrigg in the morning .
13 And so quickly he makes his way to the gate of the city as we 've said , and he gets this man he sits down with the te with the te , with the ten elders who would be witnesses and the kinsman arrives .
14 Then he sat down with a thump , his legs sticking straight out in front of him .
15 He sat down with a crash and Ingram got shakily to his feet .
16 She watched covertly as he sat down with a drink on the opposite side of the room from her and then proceeded carefully to avoid her eye , by turning to talk to the person seated on the sofa beside him .
17 Then he sat down with a cup of coffee .
18 He sat down with a sigh , rubbing one hand over his eyes .
19 Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark .
20 There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire .
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