Example sentences of "[not/n't] sit [adv prt] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no good rules and regulations , and hospitals and insurance companies felt that they ought not to sit down and make them because , once they made them , they were admitting that these things were taking place and that such decisions were being made and were subject not only to public scrutiny but a threat of medical malpractice suits . |
| 2 | ‘ You can not sit back and let it happen . |
| 3 | Well I used the word to mo er in a report I was writing years ago it was ten years ago and I knew what I meant but I had n't sat down and defined what I meant , perhaps I should have done . |
| 4 | ‘ You really have to use your brain , you have to anticipate things and you ca n't sit back and think it will all be all right . ’ |
| 5 | I , if I was you , I 'd be extremely pissed , but then again I 've got the temperament where I wo n't sit down and take something if I do n't like it . |