Sentence examples for fail to sit from inspiring English sources

Cameron's remarks today have given fresh life to the parlour game in which Tories ask which members of the 32-strong shadow cabinet will fail to sit round the curved cabinet table in No 10 after the election.

And that the unspeakable human costs that we have seen over the course of the last months and which could even grow if they fail to sit down are unacceptable to the global community," he said.

(29) — Were there any commercials at all? Bradshaw just failed to sit down on the one-yard-line, giving Brady fifty-seven seconds to score a touchdown.

(29) —Were there any commercials at all? Bradshaw just failed to sit down on the one-yard-line, giving Brady fifty-seven seconds to score a touchdown.

But the controversy that erupted about "Munich" before it opened dissipated when audiences failed to sit through it in great numbers; in Israel, it received a yawn.

BA says the passenger refused the offer of a supportive pillow and failed to sit in an "ergonomically suitable position".Gulliver sympathises with Mr Pattison, while wondering whether his case against BA is all that strong.

Everything that is in any way off - a pants crease that does not convince, a facial muscle that fails to sit quite right - interferes noisily with the illusion.

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Pennsylvania's former top judge violated the Constitution when he failed to sit out the case of a young man for whom he had recommended the death penalty back when he was district attorney.

Sometimes journalists sit outside the offices of some decision makers and fail to see them and that's why they end up writing whatever stories they have.

Users who fail to register or sit the competency tests could face fines of up to £1,000.

There is The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, the Oscar-winning masterpiece of frustration and deferral in which a group of friends fails repeatedly to sit down to a meal together.