Example sentences of "[was/were] on the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their guns were on the table by their hands , out of Tug 's reach , and from both of them came a feeling of expectant tension . |
| 2 | The plates were on the table . |
| 3 | The ants were on the table . |
| 4 | For days afterwards anxiety and guilt were on the table for lunch and self-contempt at my own cowardice in avoiding him provided supper . |
| 5 | A pewter pot and clean cups and saucers were on the table , and there was a rag mat in front of Paddy 's chair which he 'd said he had carried on his back from Hungerford Market . |
| 6 | His elbows were on the table edge , his heavily ringed fingers idly scratching at a thick black beard as though it aided his concentration . |
| 7 | People say they become imperceptive ; they spend hours looking for the car keys that were on the table in front of them all the time ; they become preoccupied and inattentive to what other people are saying to them ( ‘ But I told you the Smiths were coming over yesterday . |
| 8 | The room had several unexpected creature comforts : mineral water and glasses were on the table , along with a coffee tray , ashtrays and even a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 9 | The contents of her handbag and briefcase were on the table beside him , the Pan Am ticket conspicuous . |
| 10 | on this in our January meeting , February meeting I 'm sorry , February meeting , are there any other comments members want to make now about proposals which were on the table , about the actual route line which was the one |
| 11 | The first course was on the table when we went into the dining-room . |
| 12 | By this time , the starter was on the table , and the next course was in the oven . |
| 13 | His note-book was open in front of him and his helmet was on the table . |
| 14 | The ants in the kitchen ate the sweet jelly which was on the table . |
| 15 | She grabbed the copy of Racing Post that was on the table . |
| 16 | Your new book was on the table by her chair and she said she had liked it very much — ‘ a good writer , a good interesting writer ’ . |
| 17 | His pipe was on the table . |
| 18 | He reached out for his tie that was on the table . |
| 19 | This Mrs Melburn , the parson 's wife … she seems a motherly figure , in a way , but that bit ’ — she pointed to the page of a letter that was on the table — ‘ that bit tells you why they came this way . ’ |
| 20 | The carpet-bag was on the table . |
| 21 | The pineapple was on the table . |
| 22 | As soon as her plate was on the table , she dug in ravenously . |
| 23 | Her hand was on the table and I put my hand on it gently . |
| 24 | Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up . |
| 25 | His cheque card was on the table . |
| 26 | When the cup was broken , they would remember it being on the table , but when it was on the table , they would not remember it being on the floor . |
| 27 | was on the table : |
| 28 | Still , as Gergen moved into the White House , nothing was on the table , although the task force created to draft the presidential plan had lived out its commission and disbanded . |
| 29 | Mr Rushdie said that such a meeting would be a ‘ symbolic gesture ’ , adding that a request for a meeting had formally gone in and was on the table . |
| 30 | When Bruce and Sheila were here the other night we had fish she was on the table . |