| sit watch | 3.29 | Then he sat watching. | ||
| sit face | 2.76 | He sat facing the wall. | ||
| sit wait | 2.50 | He sat waiting. | ||
| sit listen | 1.71 | They sat solemnly listening to the testimony. | ||
| sit stare | 1.71 | They sat staring glumly at the dirt. | ||
| sit hunch | 1.45 | The coachman sat hunched over the reins, waiting. | ||
| sit talk | 1.45 | You and I sit here talking. | ||
| sit look | 1.05 | Sam sat looking at the stark white walls. | ||
| sit read | 1.05 | She sat reading by the light of the fire. | ||
| sit glue | 0.86 | Stunned residents sat glued to radios and television sets. | ||
| sit eat | 0.79 | He was sitting eating pancakes. | ||
| sit stun | 0.79 | I sat stunned. | ||
| sit sip | 0.72 | They sat sipping their drinks. | ||
| sit chat | 0.66 | They sat chatting idly. | ||
| sit drink | 0.66 | He sat drinking, trying to writhe free. | ||
| sit huddle | 0.66 | Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping. | ||
| sit smile | 0.66 | He sat gently smiling to himself, as blind men will. | ||
| sit weep | 0.59 | People sat weeping on the sidewalk. | ||
| sit cry | 0.53 | People sat crying softly among the wreckage. | ||
| sit rap | 0.53 | The audience sat rapt for two hours. |