Example sentences of "and sat [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She went out , cut more branches , threw the dying ones away , and sat on through the afternoon , thinking . |
| 2 | He let his hand wander a little , and got it petulantly pushed away as she heaved herself out of the clutches of the chesterfield 's upholstery , and sat up on the edge of it . |
| 3 | As the teacher looked , Belle opened her eyes and sat up with a radiant smile . |
| 4 | Forrester eventually got on the pitch with about 5 minutes left , and indeed Fowler was attempting to put him through when the ball richoched back to him , hit him in the stomach and sat up in a ‘ kick me please ’ type fashion , which he did , and scored . |
| 5 | Ruth swung her long tanned legs to the patio and sat up in the lounger where she had been soaking up the sun lasciviously for the past hour and irrationally telling herself that if Fernando Serra had really loved her he would n't have let her slip away from him so easily . |
| 6 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |
| 7 | Lee loosened his grip and sat back on the floor . |
| 8 | He stopped work , and sat back on the edge of the lawn . |
| 9 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 10 | his voice altering in pitch , Ajayi took a deep breath and sat back on the stool . |
| 11 | ‘ That must be why we have to stop the ceremony — to make sure he ca n't tap the mental energy of the congregation and use it to supplement the Old One 's autonomic functions enough to pull the rest of it out of the Vortex , ’ Ace finished , and sat back with a cheery grin . |
| 12 | ‘ God speed both it and you ! ’ said Hotspur , and sat back with a short , sharp sigh of satisfaction . |
| 13 | He lit a cigarette , clenched the holder and sat back with an expression of great satisfaction . |
| 14 | Midway through Friday afternoon , the early-shift newsreader watched the red transmission light die on her last bulletin of the day and sat back from the microphone with a sigh of relief . |
| 15 | Katherine blurted out the memorized address and sat back in the comfortable warmth of the car . |
| 16 | She felt very conscious of his presence , and it was with relief that she completed her task and sat back in the chair . |
| 17 | ‘ Good , ’ he said with forced cheerfulness , and sat back in an attempt to enjoy the entertainment . |
| 18 | Thiercelin nodded and sat back amongst the upholstery . |
| 19 | She tiptoed across the aisle and sat down beside the motionless figure . |
| 20 | I 've forgotten the last time we really enjoyed ourselves together and sat down to a meal uninterrupted by telephone calls . ’ |
| 21 | It was in the third week after Minch had gone that he had first noticed that one of the Men , older than the Keeper , regularly came to the benches that ranged along the path by the Cages , and sat down for a while . |
| 22 | ‘ I think I 'm going to vomit , ’ she muttered to no one in particular , and sat down with a plop on a new imitation Italian chair , which received her with a reedy groan . |
| 23 | Miranda shook her head , and Madame blew her disgust through her teeth , and sat down with a magazine with a cover picture of the future Queen Fabiola of Belgium smiling on the arm of her optician 's pin-up of a fiancé . |
| 24 | He felt his foot slip under him and sat down with a jarring shock , landing uncomfortably on a spanner and a piece of plastic tubing . |
| 25 | Maxham removed an empty paint tin from the seat of the nearest armchair and sat down with a sigh of relief ‘ I 've got this verruca , ’ he confided . |
| 26 | He unclipped the empty drum and slammed on a full one , thrust the gun forward and sat down with a thud that shook the cockpit . |
| 27 | She piled a week 's dirty clothes into the washing-machine , and sat down with a book . |
| 28 | She felt sick again , and sat down with a plonk . |
| 29 | We walked out on to the large veranda and sat down with the lagoon spread out below and in front of us . |
| 30 | The lady smiled and sat down opposite the Wisharts , she carefully placed the wicker basket on the seat next to her , then folded her arms and composed herself in relaxation . |