Example sentences of "to sit [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 2 | It may also be useful in case the patient becomes unexpectedly tired , and needs to sit down for a moment . |
| 3 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
| 4 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
| 5 | I needed to sit down for a minute . |
| 6 | Dosh — I was pretty sure it was Dosh — and I danced some and she finished off the Kümmel , which meant we then had to sit down for a while near the window , where some scatter cushions had been laid . |
| 7 | Because when you do run across the road , you get to the other side , and you 're thinking , good gracious , that was a close shave , I 'll have to sit down for a minute , I think I 'll have a cup of coffee or something . |
| 8 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 9 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 10 | In most cases asking a child to sit out for a while is sufficient " discipline " providing the drama is interesting enough to draw them back in . |