Example sentences of "sit [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We go downstairs and sit side-by-side on the sofa . |
| 2 | The girl then had to sit nervously on the edge of the sofa — there were n't many chairs — while the guest stretched himself , yawning , naked and sweaty . |
| 3 | And significantly , her boss and colleague sit in on the trial , revealing their emotional investment in what 's at stake . |
| 4 | sit in on the public |
| 5 | Erm it was actually somebody who came for an interview and you know how you sit in on the presentations when you do the group presentations ? |
| 6 | I sit down on the edge of the chair and put my arm around her . |
| 7 | Right , sit down on the bed and give me your legs . ’ |
| 8 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
| 9 | I sit down on the bench and look up at the sky . |
| 10 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |
| 11 | Come on , sit down on the step . |
| 12 | Mandy rushed over , and made her sit down on the couch . |
| 13 | Have your partner sit down on the mat , extending one leg and flexing the other . |
| 14 | When she got to the top of the staircase and Mr Browning had gone back inside his apartment , she suddenly felt so ill she had to sit down on the stone step and compose herself before going on . |
| 15 | Place chairs round in a circle and ask one sex , say the girls , to sit down on the chairs . |
| 16 | I tried to sit down on the bed and wait . |
| 17 | Corbett smiled and walked back to sit down on the stool while Father John bowed to Wishart and silently left the room . |
| 18 | I stumbled to the first landing before the recurring cramp forced me to sit down on the floor . |
| 19 | Also , when he gestured to me to sit down on the mats which covered the floor , I could not but observe two fairly fresh ( tuskless ) skulls above the door by which we had entered . |
| 20 | She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . |
| 21 | She had to sit down on the ground . |
| 22 | He led them to within thirty yards of the unsuspecting deer , then motioned for Joseph to sit down on the ground at the edge of the plain . |
| 23 | ‘ He made his way along the road until a colleague told him to sit down on the pavement . |
| 24 | Stepping back from the display cabinets , hoping to sit down on the window-seat , she made a false move and bumped into something cold . |
| 25 | Everyone claps a little and Peter sits down on the drum stool . |
| 26 | When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word . |
| 27 | John sits down on the bed and recites a mantra under his breath . |
| 28 | When his mind 's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there . |
| 29 | Tim Robbins , it was rumoured , might wish his American publicist to sit in on the conversation . |
| 30 | We 'll also want to sit in on the cochon gris 's ceremony tonight , if there is one . ’ |