Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] sit [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fabia reached Ven 's suite and let herself in , walked across the sitting-room and into her bedroom where she sat down on the edge of the bed , and felt , for the moment , defeated . |
| 2 | She slammed the boot down , with a cry of ‘ God Almighty ! ’ and ran indoors , where she sat down at the kitchen table and beat her fists against the wood , with anger , with frustration , with a sudden , desperate concern for Nick . |
| 3 | All-night parties , Nina dancing in the nude , Modi stumbling into the sketching class very drunk , the weekly visits to the Gaieté Montparnasse , a small , bawdy music-hall where they sat up in the gallery , all paint a happy-go-lucky picture . |
| 4 | They are pulled away impatiently by Bill , so I sit back on the side lines . |
| 5 | There was no arguing with him , and it was very pleasant to have someone caring , so she sat back in the seat without further protest . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | The carer stands with her legs on either side of the patient 's knees , places her hands under the patient 's seat , pulls his body-weight forward and in one movement lifts his pelvis and pivots him so that he sits down onto the chair . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She laughs and throws the duvet at me , and I sit back on the sofa-bed as she slips out into the hall . |
| 10 | ‘ Jenny and I sat up until the early hours chatting . ’ |
| 11 | I went into a toilet and there was none and I sat down on the toilet , looked up , they were all above the door , five of them ! |
| 12 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
| 13 | Then there was silence and she sat down on the chest , weeping and shaking . |
| 14 | Her long , strong legs folded under her and she sat down on the rug in the hallway and sobbed to her heart 's content , while Alex patted her shoulder and wondered if he really understood his sister at all . |
| 15 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
| 16 | When you lower to the start position , do not touch the board ; if you do this , or if you sit up past the vertical position , then the abdominals will have a slight rest . |
| 17 | If they sit back against the jolly green juggernaut they 'll get run over — make no mistake about it . |
| 18 | The fall seemed to bring Liam to his senses and he sat up on the road wondering where he was . |
| 19 | The back was broken and there was only one plank left to sit on , but I sat down on the peeling green paint . |
| 20 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 21 | Before we sat down in the restaurant Jamila took me aside and kissed me on the mouth . |
| 22 | I enquired , as I sat down on the floor beside him . |
| 23 | When you sit down in the examination room with the usual small table in front of you , the situation should be familiar and comfortable from the long practice you have carried out . |
| 24 | She trailed a hand along an imaginary banister , sweeping the other behind where the skirts of a ball-gown would have trailed and was so tangibly created that when she sat down on the sofa Delia Sutherland moved to make room for the folds of that gown . |
| 25 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me . |
| 27 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |
| 28 | Candles burned on the table where they were to dine and as she sat down at the table she banished the sob for evermore . |
| 29 | She was too to enjoy the hot weather and little beads of perspiration shone on her forehead as she sat down at the big desk opposite the row of girls . |
| 30 | ‘ I have n't forgotten how the Dalesfolk talk , you see , Mam , ’ she teased , as she sat down on the bench next to her mother . |