But as her hand touched the doorknob she stopped herself and sat back down on her bed.

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My father came back and sat down with a sigh, and Nnamabia silently scratched at his bumpy face.

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"He was away for over 70 years and he took us back into the theatre, sat down in the seat where there used to be a bench and as he was sitting there he suddenly remembered a song which a pantomime dame had sung to him and he sang it for us and we recorded it, " said Mr Morris.

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Once I was done pinching, pulling and zooming, I simply sat the phone back down.

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Then we went back inside very gently and sat down in a booth at the rear of the room.

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Mr. Taylor came back to the room with Pam, who wore a flowered dress, and they sat down.

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So, when some of the old man's teeth needed pulling, he sat down at the kitchen table, knocked back a belt of whiskey, and yanked them out himself with a pair of electrician's pliers.

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Brendan walked back to his seat, graciously acknowledging the cheers that washed over him, sat down and looked up at me.

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When Gilani and I sat down a few weeks ago to discuss the current state of the markets, it was an interesting back and forth about the inroads of high frequency trading and algorithms.

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