No sooner had we sat down at the table than the phone rang.

我们刚在桌子旁坐下，电话铃就响了。

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

我们直到坐下来吃饭时才又回到了汤姆·哈利戴这个话题上来。

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Under the eagle eye of the teacher, we sat down and started the exam.

在老师锐利的目光下，我们坐下来开始考试。

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He said that on that bus in nineteen fifty-five, "She sat down in order that we might stand up.

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We just sat down and like, worked through exams and problem sets together

我们就坐在一起讨论考试还有我遇到的难题，

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"We all kind of sat down and reflected on the mission, and it was a good moment."

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Finally (pretty much exasperated with the options) we sat down and began to read blogs.

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As we sat down to write this, the cell phone began vibrating against the desk.

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David wasn't at that meeting so we sat down and had a chat about it.

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