Example sentences of "sat down in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten people sat down in the dining-room at ‘ The Hollies ’ after partaking of a well-chosen sherry — a good Machamudo , Henry thought — in the drawing-room . |
| 2 | They sat down in the road and , when the state police dragged them away , they threw jackrocks under the wheels of the ‘ scab ’ trucks ( a jackrock is a couple of sharpened nails welded together so that no matter which way they land , they always have a point sticking up in the air ) . |
| 3 | A shaken Charles followed the line of the bullet and sat down in the nearest chair . |
| 4 | She sat down in the chair at the head of the cot and very carefully slid her forefinger into the baby 's hand . |
| 5 | Jack sat down in the basket chair vacated by Alison , making it creak prodigiously , hauled himself up again , found a hard upright kitchen chair and sat on that . |
| 6 | He sat down in the doorway and inspected his lacerated feet . |
| 7 | We sat down in the grass — in fact I think we stretched out — near the green and Greg said , even then , ‘ Pete , I 'm still nervous . ’ |
| 8 | Nails , without thinking , sat down in the comfortable straw and talked to the mare , leaning his head against the refrigerator wall . |
| 9 | One of the officers showed me into the aeroplane and himself sat down in the pilot 's seat . |
| 10 | Roger sat down in the high-backed armchair opposite her and smiled at her . |
| 11 | He sat down in the big easy-chair beside the kitchen range , took me on his knee and read me a story . |
| 12 | Before we sat down in the restaurant Jamila took me aside and kissed me on the mouth . |
| 13 | Lee got up and picked up a piece of cross-stitch tapestry from the top of an old record-player and sat down in the rocking-chair , her back to the two young people . |
| 14 | Tom sat down in the armchair , and lit his pipe . |
| 15 | An hour later , after scratching their arms and legs and staining their hands and mouths with juice , they sat down in the grass and passed a bottle of lemonade around . |
| 16 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 17 | Yet , unable to refuse the implied reproach , Celia sat down in the antique rocking chair she had bought and allowed Miss Maynard to pass her the child . |
| 18 | She sat down in the one comfortable chair ; it had come from their housekeeper 's room , and had found its way to Billy 's kitchen , like the strip of Turkey carpet with the hole in the middle . |
| 19 | He sat down in the living room into which she ushered him and observed , ‘ You 've taken down the decorations . ’ |
| 20 | He hesitated for a moment as to what to do ; then looking again at the woman at the table , who was now smiling at him , he sat down in the chair , and for the next ten minutes he listened to the banter between the two of them . |
| 21 | He sat down in the deck chair , loosened his collar and tie , then lay back and looked up into the dark coolness of the oak branches . |
| 22 | The Captain sat down in the Brigadier 's chair where the girl 's effects were neatly folded and labelled . |
| 23 | The Marshal sat down in the gloom at the plush-covered table and faced the tearful woman across a bowl of plastic fruit . |
| 24 | A man came in and sat down in the seat opposite him . |
| 25 | He put the machine on the round table in front of the sofa , plugged it into a socket and sat down in the nearest armchair . |
| 26 | Then she sat down in the middle of the court . |
| 27 | Gentle accepted the wine , and sat down in the corner of the ill-sprung couch , where it was easiest to ignore the demands of the screen . |
| 28 | She followed him into the kitchen and sat down in the chair offered to her . |
| 29 | Alice sat down in the chair opposite her father 's and waited for him to recover . |
| 30 | Patrick tied on his gown and sat down in the chair beside the fire . |