Example sentences of "she sit [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She sits down in a quiet room , provided at public expense , and begins to lecture a man who is shortly to be found dying by the dustbins . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | She sat up with a gasp and blew her nose hard ; then , since he was close , she rested her aching head against his ample stomach . |
| 5 | Then she remembered ; the car , the box , the head , she sat up with a start only to clatter back down again . |
| 6 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 7 | She sat up in a kind of horror , her feelings filling her up with shame . |
| 8 | She sat up in the bed and pulled the covers up to her armpits in an attempt to recoup a little of her dignity . |
| 9 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 10 | After a moment , she sat up in the cluttered bed and regarded him in mock annoyance . |
| 11 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
| 12 | She sat back on the couch . |
| 13 | She sat back on the settee until she heard Kate 's key in the lock . |
| 14 | She sat back on the sofa and motioned him beside her . |
| 15 | She sat back on the bed , looking around her thoughtfully . |
| 16 | When the old lady was helped into a newly made-up and just warmed bed , with clean sheets and blankets , and a coverlet of soft down unearthed from a trunk in the attics and hung outside to air , she sat back against the bank of lace-edged pillows and burst into a paroxysm of dry sobs . |
| 17 | There was no arguing with him , and it was very pleasant to have someone caring , so she sat back in the seat without further protest . |
| 18 | She sat back in the sun and closed her eyes . |
| 19 | ‘ You promise ? ’ mother said , a slight stitching of her brows as she sat back in the ladder-backed seat the only indication that she might not entirely believe me . |
| 20 | She sat back in the white plastic chair , fanning herself with her napkin . |
| 21 | Her pulse rate had slowed to somewhere near normal ; she sat back in the creaking wooden chair in a deliberate effort to appear relaxed , and returned his smile . |
| 22 | ’ She sat back in the driving seat , a neat , competent figure in a deep green spring suit as modest and suave as her own creamy countenance . |
| 23 | She sat back in the large , embracing armchair and took another mouthful of the splendid Spanish omelette . |
| 24 | She sat back in the seat as she racked her brain before coming to just one conclusion : Harry Martin . |
| 25 | She ran and ran but could not see a house anywhere , so she sat down under a flower to rest . |
| 26 | She sat down without a word and shook her head when Whitlock asked if she wanted coffee . |
| 27 | The 50-year-old child killer suffered a black eye , bruises and minor cuts as she sat down for a meal at Cookham Wood jail in Kent . |
| 28 | Mr Whinnett said : ‘ Joanna was in a state of pure terror and , although she sat down for a while , she most certainly did not sleep . ’ |
| 29 | When she went into the rest room she sat down for a minute while waiting for Peggy to come out of the lavatory . |
| 30 | When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time . |