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A man walked up to the boy, bought a paper, and sat down to read it.

When he had things arranged on the table, he pulled the drill toward the dental chair and sat down to polish the false teeth.

We sat down to rest on the grass at the tenth tee. "Our scores are awful, " I said.

When the Kelveys were well out of sight of Burnells', they sat down to rest on a big red drain-pipe by the side of the road.

So he sat down to take a rest, looking at the river which his father had once told him.

The youngest son was rather disturbed by his inheritance. He sat down to think about what to do next, when suddenly, the cat began to speak!

If you took away the names of these Nazis, and just sat down to talk to them, they were like your friends and neighbours.

The next time I sat down to write, and regularly afterwards, she sat in her old place, with a spare bundle of pens at her side.

Then they drove the animals back to the barton, or sat down to milk them on the spot, as the case might require.

At the birch wood she sat down to her spinning, singing all the while, for with a song on the lips work falls from the hands more easily.

The servant showed him into a room where he might wash his hands after his day's work before he sat down to his meal.

He had his subject at his finger ends, and at last was ready to begin. He sat down to write.

I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.

Tiring on the way, they sat down to rest for a while, only to find that they had grown fast to the rocks and could not rise.

Anderson sat down to drink his brandy. He wanted to tell the landlord about the strange things he had seen.

He sat down to think about it, meanwhile pulling from his pocket the Princess's single silken hair.

More significantly, it implies a higher offer could be possible, if the board sat down to talk.

There was Kroa who belched like a pig and always let off a loud fart when he sat down to table.

AS THE up-and-coming politician sat down to dinner, he asked if it was at all obvious he had been wearing make-up.

I sat down to rest myself and began to look around.

Instead, they ran up the shore away from the water, laughing and holding hands, and sat down to build another castle.

In ancient times, salt was an important item on the table of kings and queens. It was placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat.

One morning when they sat down to breakfast at Talbothays Dairy some maid observed that she had not seen anything of Mr Clare that day.

I once had a couple who literally never sat down to eat with one another and had separate bedrooms.

The young man and woman ordered a basin each of the mixture, steaming hot, and sat down to consume it at leisure.

he sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling.

'I've got some news for you all, said Dairyman Crick as they sat down to breakfast one Sunday morning. 'It's that Jack Dollop again. '

We got all the puns out of the way quickly and sat down to eat in a small and extremely French restaurant.

as soon as he was dressed , he went into the library and sat down to a light french breakfast.

He marched into the Inn, ordered the best luncheon that could be provided at so short a notice, and sat down to eat it in the Coffee-room.

I was intrigued[4] and sat down to listen to what he had to say.

And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat.

Then she slammed the door to, in great haste, sat down to dinner again, and was quite frightened.

I went into a park, and sat down to try to think it out, and to consider what I had best do.

Elinor sat down to her drawing-table as soon as he was out of the house.

Will and I ran like the wind and only stopped when we reached the river. We sat down to eat our apples.

I knew I should go back to the stockade now , but an idea came to me and I sat down to wait for darkness .

As an example, one client came to me with writer's block. She had trouble with anxiety when she sat down to write.

Back in 1949, the Centre Court ball boys had to chase a squirrel off the hallowed turf while the players sat down to await the all-clear.

She sat down to conceal the fact that she was trembling.

Then he turned his back on him, sat down to the table, drew his chair up, and helped himself to a large slice of cold pie.

We sat down to dinner every evening as a family, even if it meant waiting for Marvin to return from a ten or twelve mile run.

In a pilgrim household, the adults sat down to eat and the children and servants waited on them.

He was talking about "a thousand marbles" to someone named "Tom" . I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he had to say.

He returned the compliment with a wide blue smile, dropped his shovel and sat down to talk.

NEAR the crest, I sat down to a lunch of bread, Irish Cheddar and Spanish chorizo, and looked out at the valley.

As if, however, to falsify this assertion, his legs seemed to give way, and he suddenly sat down to save himself from falling.

Then the robbers said, "The old woman is right. " They gave up their search and sat down to eat.

Before retiring, however, she sat down to think, and gave herself up to the most gloomy forebodings .

"Done, " the sellsword said. The scattered pieces were picked up off the carpet, and they sat down to play.

After we sat down to work, Bob Rubin, who was running the meeting, called on Leon Panetta first.

Neither be ye idolaters , as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

The Mullah ran about looking until he was too tired . He sat down to rest at his gate . A few friends came to join him.

After the introduction, a thunderous standing ovation, and millions of camera flashes, Lucas sat down to take questions from the crowd.

Tired, sat down to rest, do not have to care about the footprints behind, because they will in your heart with you, forever.

We spread the picnic rug out on the ground, and sat down to eat.

Three people sat down to a supper consisting, amongst other things, of tinned lobster.

They shelved the pork-packer's son and the banker's son, and sat down to consider the Governor's son and the son of the Congressman.

The hair was curled, and the maid sent away, and Emma sat down to think and be miserable.

He had hardly sat down to have a rest when the door bell rang and in came Allan.

Three days ago I sat down to channell and did so for an hour and a half.

Her husband asked a few questions and sat down to read the evening paper.

We wandered down the block and sat down to rest on a windowsill. Zhu lit a cigarette.

An absent- stoerkeeper came back from lunch and saw a sign on his door which read " Out to lunch " . So he sat down to wait for himself .

One envies so inquisitive a man as Jewell, who sat down to the study of physiology in his sixties.

The hedgehogs were sent home, the breakfast things were cleared away, and soon the four animals sat down to lunch together.

Inside he shut the door and sat down to relax.

The family sat down to table, and a frugal meal of cold viands was deposited before them.

the floor was thick with mud , where ruffians had sat down to drink or consult after wading in the marshes round their camp.

He was a little late, and they had already sat down to the morning meal.

We sat down to negotiate the terms of our contract.

I sat down to put my arguments in writing, which I copied fair and sent to him.

So the two of them sat down to eat and drink together. Afterward the girl's father said, "Please stay tonight and enjoy yourself. "

there the best bands played and the best food was cooked; a crowd of people sat down to table, and all was fun and merry-making.

After the work was done, we sat down to sum up the experience.

No sooner had we reached the top of the hill than we all sat down to rest.

We wandered down the block and sat down to rest on a windowsill.

They sat down to count their newfound treasure. They quickly forgot about finding Death.

When they sat down to dinner , the man noticed that the wine cup was unusually small. He suddenly burst out crying.

At ten o'clock she drew in the tray, and sat down to her own solitary meal.

The hare ran fast and was soon far ahead, so he sat down to rest.

When we first sat down to discuss tonight's occasion, I was immediately taken with the idea of an evening inspired by primal bookends.

When we sat down to dinner the others had already left the dining hall.

Once I actually sat down to do it, I got it done in one sitting.

The young man and the King and the Princesses sat down to the feast.

The old man was carrying four enormous gourds and had just sat down to rest and eat.

glancing into it, he passed his hand over his papers, closed it again, and sat down to the table to write to the governor.

I wanted to write an angry letter but I lost my nerve when I sat down to do it.

Finally I sat down to write the book, to tell my story.

I got back at four o'clock and sat down to dinner with fairly good appetite.

One day I sat down to set to words a composition of my own while full of this bit of song. Humming my tune I wrote to its accompaniment

Therefore, I climbed to the hilltop, chose a spot, and sat down to meditate.

Jesse stepped from the creek and sat down to rinse his socks and pour water from the boots.

We sat down to eat. I tried to make conversation with the three silent people round the table.

as I sat down to breakfast after a particularly late night.

We talked in this vein for a short while, and then sat down to dine.

I wanted to write a novel but I lost my nerve when I sat down to do it.

He sat down to think about how he had gone wrong.

The exhausted men sat down to rest under the shade of a tree.

When Della reached home she quickly sat down to do her hair.

But what did he think about when he sat down to eat his bowl of cereal?

They embraced and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal.

Here is what transpired when Hillary sat down to talk with Herb .

Having cooked lunch, Mum sat down to do some knitting.

As daylight came, the old basket-maker sat down to repair him.

When we sat down to get our breath back, he told me he was a student.

Hungry and exhausted, we sat down to rest under a tree.

We often sat down to evaluate the changing situation.

The next day seemed to be a flawless copy of the first until they sat down to dinner and they heard the wind begin to howl like a banshee

After evening prayers, we sat down to supper, chatting as we normally do.

After running to the bus stop, we sat down to catch our breath.

Many climbers have become so tired they have sat down to rest and never gotten up.

I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.

After running to the bus-stop, I sat down to catch my breath.

Steaming soya-bean milk from oven, and has the wash your sat down to drink a bowl.

I waited for them wringing my hands wearily , but after a while they sat down to play another game .

She sat down to the piano and rattled off a popular tune.

"When he sat down to write that book, " Guldahl's wife Laverne asserted in 1972, "that's when he lost his game. "

He sat down to lap the soup with his long pink tongue.

I went into the woods and got it, I sat down to seek it, I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it.

We sat down to rest under the shade of a tree.

After some discussion, we sat down to eat what could very well be the most memorable dinner of my life.

It is nature's saloon, where she has sat down to her toilet.

I didn't have enough time to finish my lunch; I had just sat down to eat when the bell rang to go back to class.

We sat down to a good supper.

By the edge of the mountain, where was a spring, I sat down to eat some oat-bread of Mr. Henderland's.

I popped a beer and sat down to watch the football game.

As I sat down to work today, I saw a van driving by, right outside the window.

He had an hour. He went to the bar he liked near Grand Central Station where he sat down to read the newspaper and have a coffee.

So David was hid in the field, and the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.

I sat down to recover from my agitation.

She sat down to rest her tired and aching limbs.

she took off her scarf , but not her hat , and sat down to make tea.

Then we sat down to talk , while Uncle went to prepare lunch.

No sooner had we sat down to dinner than the phone rang.

Afterthe work was done, we sat down to sum up experience.

and if everything else was done, sat down to his large fishing-net at one corner of the room.

They sat down to table at two o'clock .

We had hardly sat down to supper when the bell rang.

He sat down to catch his breath.

They gave up their search and sat down to eat.

we sat down to dinner at six.

That's how matters stood as we sat down to the table.

But as soon as they sat down to play music, they all came together.

Baby went to sleep and Robert, Cyril, and Jane sat down to rest, but Anthea went on working on the hole.

We sat down to have a rest.

I want to write an angry letter but I lost my nerve when I sat down to do it.

They drove back, and at 6. 15 sat down to dine.

When the family sat down to eat supper, he was even more surprised to find a cloth on the table.

The next day, as she sat down to peel onions, she gazed the brick floor. ( at )

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,

just as they had sat down to rest , meg appeared

he sat down to recover from his agitation

It wasn't until we had sat down to eat that we got back to the subject of

Lady Catherine, Sir William, and Mr. and Mrs. Collins sat down to quadrille;

When he sat down to write that book - that's when he lost his game

So she sat down to cry again and upbraid herself;

Ma sat down to study English vocabulary.