Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] the table " in BNC.

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1 Joe stood up and came down the table towards Harriet Shakespeare .
2 Benedict rose and came down the table .
3 Then the lawyer sighed , rose from his chair , and came down the table to take another next to hers .
4 Rogers sat nodding , and looking down the table .
5 And because I had only one chair , we used to sit on the edge of the hard , narrow bed and draw up the table so that we could write on it together .
6 ‘ These plates are cold , ’ said Patrick Milligan senior , looking up from his place and staring down the table at his five-year-old daughter , who at once scrambled to her feet .
7 The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table .
8 Benjamin leaned forward and looked down the table at him .
9 Nutty fetched the cloth and mopped up the table .
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