Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] from [art] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're a fool as well as surly , ’ said the boy , and stuck his neat , short nose in the air and bounced up from the table in dudgeon , but Harry caught him by the sleeve . |
| 2 | Only now , in my old age , I wish I had got down from the table and put my arms round his neck and kissed him . |
| 3 | He had got down from the table half-way through tea and was sitting on a chair in the doorway , looking droopy and listless . |
| 4 | I scramble down from the table , back away , the red spoon gripped tight in my hand . |
| 5 | I 've been at dinner with him when something someone has said made him laugh so much he 's got up from the table to give the fullest physical expression to it . |
| 6 | But Seb was struggling up from the table . |
| 7 | A woman and three children got up from the table as I entered the room . |
| 8 | ‘ All right , then , ’ said his Dad , putting his hand on Philip 's shoulder as he got up from the table . |
| 9 | Marie pushed back her coffee and got up from the table . |
| 10 | She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again . |
| 11 | Xanthe Lorrimore got up from the table after a while and went that way , and presently came back screaming . |
| 12 | Alice Mair got up from the table . |
| 13 | Willie got up from the table excitedly and moved towards them . |
| 14 | Paul found that he could not stay with her at present ; he excused himself , got up from the table , fetched his hat and a stout stick , and went out into the day . |
| 15 | Adam got up from the table and said he thought he might go over to Rufus 's . |
| 16 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 17 | He had knocked over the water jug when he got up from the table . |
| 18 | She got up from the table and walked into the conservatory with a bowl of fruit for her macaws . |
| 19 | Algy got up from the table and went into the drawing-room . |
| 20 | She finished her drink and got up from the table . |
| 21 | Willis half got up from the table . |
| 22 | She got up from the table , the food hardly touched on her plate . |
| 23 | I got up from the table . |
| 24 | He shook his head and got up from the table , taking his plate to the sink to rinse it . |
| 25 | They finished their drinks and as they got up from the table Fernando plucked a sprig of jasmine from the pergola . |
| 26 | Joanna got up from the table . |
| 27 | But look up once from that paper , get up from the table to make coffee or stir the fire , even just raise your head to look at the view outside the window , and you may as well give up until tomorrow . |
| 28 | The woman and children burst out laughing again , getting up from the table and crowding round me . |
| 29 | ‘ Come on , then , ’ he said , getting up from the table . |
| 30 | For he just pushed his plate aside , wiped his mouth on the back of his hand , and getting up from the table once again went out of the house without saying a word . |