Example sentences of "sit [adv prt] and wait " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , come on sit down and wait . |
| 2 | I was only too glad to sit down and wait . |
| 3 | You have to be sure the bird is very hungry , and if it 's not you have to sit down and wait for a long , long time . |
| 4 | As a practical measure , keep a full record of all jobs that you apply for and the responses that you receive to show that you have not simply sat back and waited for the money to roll in . |
| 5 | Seated in one of Kanazawa Industrial University library 's viewing booths , they just pick the tape they want to see front the list displayed , punch in its number , then sit back and wait for the programme to start . |
| 6 | ‘ Russian men are very lazy ; they sit back and wait . |
| 7 | Once the message was on the wire , he had little else to do except sit back and wait for a few days . |
| 8 | ‘ They find accommodation where they set up a nursery , then sit back and wait for the right opportunity to arise . |
| 9 | That was precisely what women had done in the past — sit back and wait for men to make the running . |
| 10 | I think Leeds function as a better team without him playing , when he does play I get the feeling that the other players sit back and wait for him to produce the move that will lead to the scores . |
| 11 | So just sit back and wait while I disappear into the studio . |
| 12 | If the victim is not edible the reptile quickly slithers away into hiding , but if it is a suitable prey it simply sits back and waits for the animal 's agonies to cease . |
| 13 | Such is the relief of producing the final report that there is a great temptation to sit back and wait for congratulations . |
| 14 | He decided to sit back and wait . |
| 15 | Stormily , she went on , ‘ I suppose I was meant to sit back and wait while you danced attendance on your number one girlfriend , was I ? |
| 16 | His constitution was now in place , his political position at home was very strong , but he was almost seventy years of age and could hardly afford to sit back and wait for a long-term transformation to solve Algeria 's problems . |
| 17 | My plan was to sit around and wait for one of the parish team to appear and then to ask them for their advice . |
| 18 | Roy , 62 , said : ‘ We were fed up sitting down and waiting for people . |
| 19 | It 's then a matter of sitting back and waiting for the calls ! |
| 20 | We 've got to be pro-active about this , it 's no good simply sitting back and waiting for whatever government is in power , to impose certain regulations , certain restrictions , certain proposals . |
| 21 | ‘ We take the view it is better to get a partly complete story with a whisper of opportunity and get it to one or two key companies quickly so they can get out there , rather than sitting back and waiting for a nicely tailored account of what is going on which , by the time we get it to them , will be history rather than opportunity , ’ he explains . |
| 22 | Could our bodies glow red when we only have a day left so we could all sit down and wait comfortably and then when we snuff it we could just disappear . |
| 23 | They much appreciate the work being done by Mrs Doyle , but they are not in a walk of life where they can sit back and wait for better times . |
| 24 | If you use the future tense — telling your subconscious ‘ I will soon be at peace with myself — it will just sit back and wait . |
| 25 | ‘ Just let their targets sit back and wait for the bullet , eh ? ’ |
| 26 | But a king could not simply sit back and wait for people to come to him . |
| 27 | I could sit back and wait for him to break through media censorship . |
| 28 | ‘ The fact is you do n't sit back and wait for the UFF or IRA to hit their victims — you go after them . |
| 29 | Do you just sit around and wait for inspiration ? ’ |
| 30 | Yet actors here think they can just sit around and wait for jobs . |