Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | As each slightly shamefaced figure came up to the table , she peered intently at the face , muttered ‘ Sweet or dry ? ’ and then poured from one of her bottles as if administering Syrup of Figs or Cod Liver Oil to the infant sick . |
| 2 | He put the card face down on the table and brushed off the torn fragments of paper with the side of his sore hand . |
| 3 | His fist crashed on to the table . |
| 4 | Others sprang to the defence of their rulers and the argument became furious until a heavy fist banged down on the table and bottles and food went flying . |
| 5 | He washed up and tidied up , and put the baize cover back on the table . |
| 6 | During the silence that followed Joe experienced the most odd feeling , for he had the desire to reach out across the table and to take her hand : not Maggie 's , but this woman 's , the hand of this woman who would never see sixty again . |
| 7 | The waiter arrived back at the table and Fernando stood to speak to him . |
| 8 | Rudakov 's body surged up over the table , his arm snatched at the collar of Holly 's tunic , pulled him up from his chair . |
| 9 | Lizzie was waiting for him one morning when the waitress came over to the table . |
| 10 | Sweetheart was sitting in her favourite chair with her legs crossed at the knee and a magazine spread out on the table before her . |
| 11 | You get a nice space to sit down at the table |
| 12 | The gendarme came over to the table and began a long address to Lambert , who listened politely , commenting ‘ Peut-être ’ , from time to time . |
| 13 | The man sat down at the table and Marcus put water in the kettle . |
| 14 | The mother and daughter sat down at the table . |
| 15 | Ward 's left hand crashed down on the table , spilling coffee from the cup he had just filled . |
| 16 | During the meal a great spider crawled on to the table cloth and I went to kill it with the leg of chicken I was gnawing , but Benjamin stopped me . |
| 17 | The room was full of the cheerful clutter of a family on holiday — books , maps and a camera flung on to the table . |
| 18 | Then we fell on the food set out on the table . |
| 19 | Janet had my breakfast laid out on the table and sat there grinning an insane grin at me . |
| 20 | Suddenly the taverner came back to the table . |
| 21 | Soon after we arrived , the whole family sat down at the table for dinner . |