Example sentences of "[conj] sit down at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There 's plenty here , so if you clean yourself up and sit down at the table I 'll put something out for you too .
2 And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table .
3 She took a couple of cookery books from a shelf in the kitchen , and sat down at the dining-table to look through them .
4 She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her .
5 After Janice had gone Shiona went back inside and sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of strong black coffee .
6 Dexter dragged over a chair and sat down at the desk .
7 At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches .
8 He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him .
9 At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them .
10 Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca .
11 After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper .
12 He tossed the empty packet onto the overflowing bin in the corner of the room and sat down at the table .
13 He stood glowering at her dangerously ; then abruptly shoved the cup on to the windowsill , among some geraniums that stood there in pots , and sat down at the table .
14 She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it .
15 Then he put more wood on the fire and sat down at the table again with his books .
16 After much genuine persuasion , Shelley thanked them and sat down at the table .
17 He found an old , broken chair and sat down at the piano .
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