Example sentences of "[verb] around the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane stood up and moved around the table to stand before him . |
| 2 | Alina smiled , with some confidence but also a lot of apprehension still , and she moved around the table toward the door . |
| 3 | He moved around the table to her and as he moved he spoke slowly and meaningfully . |
| 4 | Looking around the table at the other men , Michael pointed at Tommy . |
| 5 | Er I note the comments made around the table about the the likelihood of rail based er traffic making a significant contribution . |
| 6 | I 'm sure sir you 're you 're not expecting me to make a a major contribution to this particular debate , but I felt that your the , various comments have been made around the table which would make it exactly clear where the Department stands on this issue . |
| 7 | He longed to take her in his arms , but she swiftly dodged around the table to the window so that the Spanish table was a barrier between them . |
| 8 | Now whether we would find in our strate if we were to have a strategic sites policy erm whether there 's an issue there that it might let in as it were too much of that kind of land use and not enough of the manufacturing or proper office kind I think is worth kicking around the table . |
| 9 | He walked around the table now in an exaggerated pose , and Harry , laughing , said , ‘ If it was n't for spoiling Aunt Ellen 's work I would throw that centrepiece at you . ’ |
| 10 | Carrie got up and walked around the table , feeling suddenly sorry for her aggressive attitude towards him . |
| 11 | There was a moment of slight awkwardness as Mr Lewis glanced around the table . |
| 12 | The distinguished gentleman glanced around the table with a look almost of severity . |
| 13 | He glanced around the table . |
| 14 | The gendarme hurried around the table , drawing his truncheon as he came . |
| 15 | Ranged around the table were a number of relaxed , suited figures : the directors of Mild County . |
| 16 | As they sat chaffing around the table there was a loud knock on the front door . |
| 17 | It occurred to me that while we have , and I think it 's very positive , such a wide breadth of views and differences represented around the table tonight , there are some areas that are n't represented . |
| 18 | A murmur which seemed to contain both relief and triumph went around the table , but this time M. Dupont raised his voice slightly and pronounced over it : ‘ I am happy to assure you all here that I will bring what modest influence I have to encourage certain changes of emphasis in French policy in accordance with much of what has been said here . |
| 19 | A gratified rumble went around the table . |
| 20 | BERNARD 'S FIRST PRINTING MACHINE , BUILT FROM DEXION , AT CAMBRIDGE STREET , WHERE THERE WAS BARELY ROOM TO SQUEEZE AROUND THE TABLE . |
| 21 | Still the boy did n't speak , but when his father advanced around the table and stood over him , he looked up into his face . |
| 22 | Herr Nordern looked around the table , exuberant , dizzy with happiness , and then , remembering the toast he had been about to make , raised his glass . |
| 23 | The President and Chief Executive Officer looked around the table . |
| 24 | He paused at the word and looked around the table . |
| 25 | Isobel looked around the table in confusion . |
| 26 | He looked around the table , fidgeted for a moment , then spied the single long-stemmed rose in a box that was lying directly in front of him . |
| 27 | This new , familiar girl fussed around the table , patting at the rotting food as if plumping a baby 's eiderdown , waiting , waiting , waiting for the guests to arrive . |
| 28 | Lord Hampshire had folded a piece of paper which was being passed around the table . |
| 29 | ‘ Everyone should get around the table and talk , it is the only way forward . ’ |
| 30 | They seemed to be positioned at random as if the guests had been playing a game with them and not sitting around the table in an orderly fashion . |