Example sentences of "[conj] sit down at [art] " in BNC.

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1 There 's plenty here , so if you clean yourself up and sit down at the table I 'll put something out for you too .
2 And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table .
3 Sir Ralph ( he had been knighted by Margaret Thatcher in 1980 for raising money from commerce and industry to finance the activities of Conservative Central Office when in Opposition ) bought a coffee and sat down at a corner table .
4 I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we !
5 At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them .
6 Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca .
7 The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’
8 She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her .
9 After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper .
10 He tossed the empty packet onto the overflowing bin in the corner of the room and sat down at the table .
11 He stood glowering at her dangerously ; then abruptly shoved the cup on to the windowsill , among some geraniums that stood there in pots , and sat down at the table .
12 Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag .
13 Dexter dragged over a chair and sat down at the desk .
14 He found an old , broken chair and sat down at the piano .
15 He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano .
16 She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it .
17 He then marched up the hall , climbed on to the dais and sat down at the head of the table there , snapping his fingers for Athelstan to join him .
18 Then he put more wood on the fire and sat down at the table again with his books .
19 She took a couple of cookery books from a shelf in the kitchen , and sat down at the dining-table to look through them .
20 After Janice had gone Shiona went back inside and sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of strong black coffee .
21 After much genuine persuasion , Shelley thanked them and sat down at the table .
22 At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches .
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