Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] sit on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All he does is sit at the front window looking out or just sits on the bench on a sunny day like Monday . |
| 2 | It was far safer politically and economically to sit on the scientific fence . |
| 3 | Suggestive landscape descriptions , based on the countryside of Alain-Fournier 's childhood ( near Blois , in Loir-et-Cher ) allowed Minton again to delve into his now well-rehearsed repertoire of landscape devices , though unfortunately his original cover design was replaced by another in which the quintessential motif of a figure disappearing down a deserted lane is reduced to a miserable size and merely sits on the front cover like an enlarged postage stamp . |
| 4 | At the Dixie Dude , I spent my time between riding in the hills and just sitting on the porch doing nothing . |
| 5 | The supporting leg can go on spinning on full pointe with that knee bent , as the working one is held in arabesque or attitude and finally sit on the floor . |
| 6 | They hovered over the playing fields and even sat on the goal posts . |
| 7 | On behalf of their inarticulate owners , these clothes say ‘ I 'm not playing ! ’ and then sit on the sidelines ( so you can see how upset you 've made them ) , and wait for the world to be nice . |
| 8 | The Skeleton rips a chunk of raw flesh out of the character ( normal damage , +3 ) and then sits on the floor and begins to bite and tear at its ‘ meal ’ . |
| 9 | I had lunch and then sat on the wheelbarrow swatting flies , neither willing to go further out of my way , nor to return , just in case I was on the right track . |
| 10 | He picked up the wine cup and sipped from it and then sat on the bed next to Sir John , staring down at the great wooden bed posters . |
| 11 | While Nyasha bravely went into the temple and there sitting on the throne that was made only for the chiefs there sat not a king not a prince |
| 12 | He is Deputy Prime Minister , but yesterday sat on the very edge of the platform group . |