Example sentences of "[conj] sit on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or sit on them until you explode ? |
| 2 | They stand or sit on thin irregular lines painted across the black in a white which has somewhat faded . |
| 3 | Two balconies face the tubes and plumbing mysteries of the solar heating system ; to enjoy the great views from these you have to stand , or sit on a very , very high chair . |
| 4 | For that sum they could parade up and down the grounds at any time of day or sit on the grassy banks at will . ’ |
| 5 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 6 | For ordinary people in undernourished Bucharest to regard the trinkets of capitalism as the symbols of liberty as well as the rewards of prosperity is understandable , but to have the wealth of twenty-three million Romanians to squander at one 's will and to choose to watch Kojak or to sit on the sort of lumpish gilt furniture that Western department stores export to their Arab allies would not have suited Caligula . |
| 7 | ( At Taï , a young chimpanzee will often harass its mother in order to use her tools , to eat her fruit or to sit on her branch . ) |
| 8 | Rain in August tends to be soaked up by dehydrated plants and trees or sits on dry , baking former water courses waiting to evaporate . |
| 9 | I mean , everybody round here just stands or sits on those bar stools . |
| 10 | There are several students slouching against the wall , or sitting on the floor , outside her room . |
| 11 | Room time-out : the child is removed from an enjoyable activity , not allowed to observe this , but not totally isolated — for example , standing at the far end of the sitting room , or sitting on a straight-backed chair . |
| 12 | He was always up to any adventure that did n't involve working at tills or sitting on three-legged stools . |
| 13 | Any homework Ruth saw to at Emma 's flat , or sitting on the dark-blue bed . |
| 14 | Couples were strolling around , or sitting on seats rocking prams . |
| 15 | Even now I 'm struggling to stop myself going for a jaunt around the room though I know this will inevitably lead to me lying on my bed or sitting on the floor in a mesmerised , trancelike way and staring into nothingness as if stoned . |
| 16 | Perhaps this would apply if they had walked along that village street or sat on the green or drunk in the local , but they had not . |
| 17 | And if you 're worried in case anyone in the family has drunk out of a cup her husband used , or sat on the same loo seat or given him a friendly kiss , relax . |
| 18 | But , indulging a passion more secret than her love for Italian painting , Molly had early gone off with Holmes and Watson in a cab through the pea-souper , or sat on the edge of her chair while Poirot summoned the guests to assemble in the library after tea . |
| 19 | She moved purposefully away to the group who lay in the darkness under the cypress trees , or sat on the walls and steps of the garden , and began to activate them so that a light dress , or white pair of jeans could be seen jigging about in the night that had suddenly fallen . |
| 20 | Visitors squatted on the floor or sat on low , Turkish-style divans . |
| 21 | For breaktime the children played on the climbing frames , or sat on the grass . |
| 22 | Here , in a series of wrecked sheds , men mended cars or sat on old tyres , smoking . |
| 23 | Nobody discovered , pre-opening , that the hair-dryers provided in one luxury provincial hotel could only be used if the guests bent double or sat on the bedroom floor . |
| 24 | He sat down on a small bedside chair , leaving Culley and Dawson no other option than to sit on the bed , which they did , side by side , like travellers on a train . |
| 25 | It is , in fact , the now redundant oil-fired electric power station that sits on Bankside next to the site of Sam Wanamaker 's new Globe Theatre . |
| 26 | Square Face : Wear a headpiece that sits on the back of your head and opt for an understated veil style , although your face shape will carry a long veil beautifully . |
| 27 | It includes an ultra-sonic head tracking device that sits on top of the monitor and lightweight three-dimensional goggles . |
| 28 | It 's a high-level application programming interface that sits on a Unix-based personal computer equipped with call processing hardware . |
| 29 | Moreover , the equipment that sits on the manager 's desk is all that is required — the computer 's intelligence is housed within the one unit . |
| 30 | Monte Samana is his , I know that now , and he deserves his profits , because he has made a holiday place that sits on the side of the hill as though it were set there by the Spaniards themselves , the Andalusians and the descendants of the Moors . ’ |