Example sentences of "go and sat [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He worked slowly but efficiently for nearly two hours , fearing that , if he did not finish the work quickly , frost would make it impossible for him to continue ; then , tired and sweating , he went and sat on the front doorstep to rest . |
| 2 | Patrick went and sat on the bed beside her . |
| 3 | Jill went and sat on the windowsill , and swung her bare feet back and forth . |
| 4 | When the servants left she went and sat on the sofa and stared at the attractive rug . |
| 5 | Instinctively he dipped his fingers in the holy water , a kind of regression to childhood , and went and sat on the end of a bench beside two nuns and waited his turn . |
| 6 | And then he went and sat on the blue dralon chair in the immaculate drawing-room , the bottle of scotch at his side , Rose 's dress draped carefully along the sofa as if she were in it and alive . |
| 7 | When she had finally finished unpacking , she went and sat by the window again . |
| 8 | I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it . |
| 9 | I went and sat in the churchyard and wept for Mrs Mitchell and Nelly and prayed for myself to be forgiven and for them to be looked after . |
| 10 | I reached the square and went and sat in the Café des Chasseurs , where men with nowhere to rush sat smoking and drinking , blank-faced . |
| 11 | Tod went and sat in the living-room with this red-ribboned bundle on his lap . |
| 12 | I went and sat in the sun on the garage roof , now that it was quiet . |
| 13 | Ali went and sat in the shade . |
| 14 | Horne , deeply agitated by a mixture of fear , terror and forced bravado , went and sat in the middle . |
| 15 | and went and sat in the corner of the bathroom and went , scowled at him for a bit ! |