Example sentences of "do be sit [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she could do was sit on the side of the pool with one leg in the water . ’ |
| 2 | To Peggy Say , Anderson 's sister , it seemed that some particularly keen sympathy compelled North never to turn down her requests to see him , when all she would do was sit at his desk upbraiding him and complaining and crying ; and when all he could do was repeat , cryptically , infuriatingly , that the government was doing everything it could possibly think of . |
| 3 | The only thing I could do was sit outside his house on the doorstep . |
| 4 | ‘ I was so tired by that time that all I could do was sit in a deck-chair on the sea-front and sleep all day , but it was enough . ’ |
| 5 | All he could do was sit in the corner of his cage , hoping it would all end . |
| 6 | After that all anyone could do was sit by the bed holding her hand . |