Example sentences of "sit back [conj] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the message was on the wire , he had little else to do except sit back and wait for a few days . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Let's just sit back and consolidate for a while . |
| 5 | Thanks to just three votes , Mr Major could sit back and relax for a few moments . |
| 6 | I sat back and relaxed for a moment . |
| 7 | He clasped and unclasped his wiry hands two or three times as though wringing out a rag , pulled his legs on to the bed , sat back and replied in a raucous whisper . |