Example sentences of "he sit [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carer stands with her legs on either side of the patient 's knees , places her hands under the patient 's seat , pulls his body-weight forward and in one movement lifts his pelvis and pivots him so that he sits down onto the chair . |
| 2 | " Andrew is a very complex character as a man , but when he 's composing , he 's just like anybody else — he sits down at the piano looking for the tune , " explains Black . |
| 3 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 4 | And so quickly he makes his way to the gate of the city as we 've said , and he gets this man he sits down with the te with the te , with the ten elders who would be witnesses and the kinsman arrives . |
| 5 | When his mind 's on fisticuffs he sits in on the training sessions there . |
| 6 | I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game . |
| 7 | The fall seemed to bring Liam to his senses and he sat up on the road wondering where he was . |
| 8 | He sat up on the bench and pulled on the robe . |
| 9 | He sat up on the chair by the fire . |
| 10 | He sat up on the bed , and she saw him wince . |
| 11 | He sat up on the bed , turning away from her , running a hand through his hair . |
| 12 | He sat back in the armchair and watched the smoke drifting upwards from his pipe towards the gas lamp . |
| 13 | He sat back in the bed , pulling the sheets up around him . |
| 14 | He sat back in the chair . |
| 15 | He sat back in the taxi as it drove away . |
| 16 | He sat back in the wicker chair , and their eyes joined . |
| 17 | He sat back in the leather office chair and tapped his fingernails . |
| 18 | He sat back in the motor vehicle as the Doctor noticeably increased the speed of the journey . |
| 19 | ‘ Rachel Flint , ’ Damian murmured , eyes narrowed as he sat back in the white limousine , watching her . |
| 20 | He sat back from the microscope for a moment , then looked again . |
| 21 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 22 | Maurice , in the way of business , knew too many , rather than too few , people , but when he imagined living without friends , he sat down with the whisky in the dark . |
| 23 | There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire . |
| 24 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 25 | He sat down at the desk and dialled Stuart Baxter 's private number . |
| 26 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 27 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 28 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 29 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
| 30 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |