Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Curriculum sections of the ERA , essentially centralising and directive in character , sit uneasily with a variety of other arrangements which undermine the Local Education Authority as intermediary between centre ( DES ) and periphery ( school ) : ‘ opting out ’ , City Technology Colleges ( CTCs ) , open enrolment , local management of schools ( LMS ) . |
| 2 | Such arguments sit uneasily within a tradition of British poverty research where data are constructed in ways which prevent ‘ race ’ ( let alone racism ) being a focus of analysis . |
| 3 | As usual it will be less well-off smokers who suffer most as a disproportionate amount of their income will be swallowed up in tax . ’ |
| 4 | In what other job might you call in and use a hot air balloon to appear over a city on a publicity stunt and that same afternoon sit in on a seminar which you have arranged as a scientific event ? |
| 5 | On Saturday nights around 30 people sit down to a four-course SE Asian banquet . |
| 6 | Playing a Stableford of the three best individual scores , they finish about 3½ hours later and sit down to a breakfast provided by the ladies . |
| 7 | It occurred to her that most people , her former self included , would not walk away from an attack by a homicidal transvestite and sit down to a healthy breakfast . |
| 8 | Just over two million of our pupils sit down to a knife-and-fork meal at midday . |
| 9 | In one house a family of six sit down to a meal , using three-legged chairs and chunks of masonry for seats . |
| 10 | Every Sunday the family get up early for an enormous American breakfast — pancakes , ham , waffles with maple syrup , and then later on in the afternoon they all sit down to an English roast . |
| 11 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 12 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 13 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 14 | You either sit down for a meal or get ready for bed and the phone goes . ’ |
| 15 | Right , just sit down for a minute and let's , Michael read his first . |
| 16 | When you sit down for a wee while . |
| 17 | Here — ’ he shoved some gear off the wooden slats of the cockpit , ‘ sit down for a bit . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Come and sit down for a minute while the lasagne finishes cooking . ’ |
| 19 | Sit down for a minute , he 's gon na be a minute . |
| 20 | No sorry it 's mummy 's fault , she pulled the wrong one , that 's it , good girl , I 'll er brush your hair in a minute , get all your knots out , right , sit down for a minute , well turn round , there |
| 21 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 22 | However , you do not need to invest in expensive gadgets in order to find if you are fat around the middle : sit down on a seat , relax , do not pull your tummy in , and pinch the fat just above your waist . |
| 23 | Now please sit down on a chair , sit on that chair , please sit down . ’ |
| 24 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 25 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 26 | Well you see I sit down on a I sit down on a fairly regular basis with now and try to give her direction and er point out , and I do make the point , about every time and , right ? |
| 27 | Sit down with a pen and paper and make a list of the things you have wanted to do in the past few years . |
| 28 | And do you find that if you sit down with a guitar to write , with all the best intentions in the world , you end up … |
| 29 | Basically , I just sit down with a little Pignose amp and a tape recorder and play all night . ’ |
| 30 | Rather , sit down with a friend , and talk through what happened , and try to see how your behaviour may have contributed to their behaviour . |