Example sentences of "[verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come and sit down ’ , she said , and led Mrs Phipps to a chair by the useless tea-urn . |
| 2 | Sit down for a minute . |
| 3 | ‘ Sit down and try to relax for a minute . ’ |
| 4 | Sit down . |
| 5 | He put the newspaper to one side , then added : ‘ Sit down , take the weight off your feet . ’ |
| 6 | Come and sit down and tell me what 's been happening . ’ |
| 7 | Listen , you sit down , I 'll get a couple of coffees and we 'll have a chat , OK ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Sit down , I 'll get you a drink . ’ |
| 9 | Have your partner sit down on the mat , extending one leg and flexing the other . |
| 10 | Sit down — will you take a dram ? ’ |
| 11 | On Saturday nights around 30 people sit down to a four-course SE Asian banquet . |
| 12 | But people seem to think that stories are written to a prescription , that you sit down and say , you do n't want it to be sexist , you do n't want it to be racist . |
| 13 | ‘ I would say , just sit down and tell a good story , and to hell with the morality , ’ Allan Ahlberg declares . |
| 14 | The office 's tubby female employee is the constant butt of lines like : ‘ Of course you 're not fat , Beryl … pull up a couple of chairs and sit down . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Hello , Piper , you are a little bit late for a bit of breakfast but sit down and have a mug of tea . ’ |
| 16 | One of the team replaces the cap on the mouth of the barrel then they sit down , backs against the orchard wall and eat their breakfast . |
| 17 | Just sit down for few minutes , you are probably worth more than you think . |
| 18 | By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Sit down , Phoebe , I 'll warm some more milk for you . ’ |
| 20 | I sit down too . |
| 21 | Then they all come in and sit down to eat . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , sit down then , there 's plenty of room . ’ |
| 23 | Oh , sit down , Cullam . |
| 24 | I go and sit down . |
| 25 | I go back and sit down again , and she takes a hold of my hand and squeezes it like she 's saying sorry or summat . |
| 26 | ‘ You sit down and wrap this towel round your neck . ’ |
| 27 | There 's still a couple of beat up chairs there and I sit down in one of them . |
| 28 | I sit down on the floor next to Marie and look round . |
| 29 | ‘ Come and sit down here , Billy , ’ Peter says , patting the sofa he 's sitting on . |
| 30 | I do n't take off my coat or nothing — I just sit down . |