Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll have to encourage him to put in on the table . |
| 2 | ‘ All right , then , ’ said his Dad , putting his hand on Philip 's shoulder as he got up from the table . |
| 3 | He had knocked over the water jug when he got up from the table . |
| 4 | ‘ This is very nice , ’ she said , when he got back to the table . |
| 5 | He looks down at the table , smiling , and draws a face by running his finger through a ring of beer . |
| 6 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |
| 7 | He wandered over to the table . |
| 8 | He came back to the table and sat down . |
| 9 | ‘ What are they like ? ’ she asked when he came back to the table . |
| 10 | His face was paper-white when he came back to the table . |
| 11 | He came back to the table and sat down . |
| 12 | He felt rather shy and silly , when he came back to the table with Lalage , skipping along and grabbing for his hand as she went . |
| 13 | She was stirring the coffee in front of her , an innocent expression on her face as he came back to the table . |
| 14 | He turned back to the table . |
| 15 | He slouches up to the table . |
| 16 | Once when dancing with Minton at the Gargoyle and hearing some Guards officers making snide remarks he walked up to the table , laden with food and champagne , where they were sitting with their ladies and overturned the lot , and was barred from the club for about two weeks . |
| 17 | He walked up to the table , smiled , pulled out a chair and sat down . |
| 18 | Doyle shook his head as he contemplated the mess , then he walked back to the table to take the supplies into the kitchen … |
| 19 | As he started back to the table , the music stopped briefly , then returned , a gentle country number . |
| 20 | He saw Mariana shiver as he went back to the table and slipped the Walther into his belt . |
| 21 | She went easily , her trembling legs no longer capable of supporting her , watching in silence as he strode over to the table next to the window embrasure and stood with his back to her , leaning both fists on the oak surface . |
| 22 | Then he strode over to the table and picked up the ale jug standing there . |
| 23 | Rebecque spoke with a sudden urgency as he strode back to the table and tapped the map . |
| 24 | Now he looked down at the table top , then sideways at his colleagues and back at Cameron . |
| 25 | He fumbled about on the table , felt in the pockets of the odorous hawk-training jacket which hung on the back of the door , told his sister to try the cupboard . |
| 26 | He leaned down on the table , a hollow-faced man , the concern for his family , the tension over his impending arrest , etching itself clearly around his eyes and mouth . |
| 27 | He sat down across the table from Gabriel , thinking what to say . |
| 28 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 29 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 30 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |