Example sentences of "table and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pushed his chair back from the table and walked over to the drawer in the dresser where they kept the cash-box . |
| 2 | I left two dollars and a half-eaten bacon sandwich on the table and walked out into the street . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work , ’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high-rise apartments and hotels . |
| 4 | ‘ I wish I were you , ’ Alexandra said , ‘ I wish I were a mouse , ’ and then , drawn inexorably , she leaned forward across the table and looked down through the closed window at her mother 's upturned face below . |
| 5 | They sat at a table and looked down at the lights of the shipping in the Tagus . |
| 6 | She went back to her place with a complacent bounce to her step , and with a curse , but not meaning it , I took the Coke and a glass to her table and went on into the dome car for the rest . |
| 7 | And Charlie , believing none of it and letting her see as much , slid down from the makeup table and went over to the door . |
| 8 | Simon pushed himself away from the table and went back to the hissing kettle to make his coffee . |
| 9 | The bell rang again insistently and I replaced the file in the folder , put it on the coffee table and went out into the hall . |
| 10 | She rose quietly from her place at the side of the table and went out of the room . |
| 11 | She snatched her coat off the kitchen table and stormed out of the kitchen , shouting , ‘ And if by any chance I do need an escort , it wo n't be my bloody brother . |
| 12 | Shivering at the table and peering down at the paper under the stumpy candle I allowed myself to wander off the straight path through the dark trees . |