Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | She threw them on to the table and looked down at Doyle and Tug . |
| 2 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 3 | I remember she crouched down and lifted me on to the table . |
| 4 | We absolutely no , no , you 'll find we wo n't leave this topic cos there 's three people who actually want to come in now and I 'm going to bring them in round the table . |
| 5 | I took out the 8000 and put them down on the table . |
| 6 | He flicked through them , then threw them down on the table . |
| 7 | Alan ushered them down towards the table . |
| 8 | Tom settled himself down at the table and said , ‘ Now , let's have a chat about what we 're going to do when this snow clears . |
| 9 | Gabriel had taken himself off under a table . |
| 10 | The meal finished , Stan Carver , placing his hands on each side of his plate , slowly raised himself up from the table and , standing still for a moment , said , ‘ Thank God for a good dinner . ’ |
| 11 | Dear Julie gets drunk and for some bizarre reason suddenly starts feeling you up under the table while we 're nibbling our cheese and biscuits , and making pathetic double-entendres , and attacks you outside the bathroom ; totally unprovoked , of course , and it 's all just the drink talking . |
| 12 | My friend Roy Masters , former St George and Wests coach and a fine writer on politics and the game ( which in Australia often blend into each other ) , took me up to the table and said , ‘ Chicka , you know Tom , do n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | His voice did n't sound at all unfriendly though , not like that tone he uses when he catches me up on the table eating the butter . |
| 14 | Write each one down on a table like the one on the opposite page . |
| 15 | Coming back early from school one afternoon , she passed the dining-room window and saw her mother cutting something out on the table . |
| 16 | She set everything out on the table , then stared at the blank sheet of paper in front of her and gave a small sigh . |
| 17 | He got out his pills , tipped them out on the table and started counting them — which took absolutely ages because he never did count too well . |
| 18 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 19 | Her voice ended in a shrill scream , as she threw herself back on the table and flung open her legs . |
| 20 | The fear followed him on to the table at the Rothmans and the man who had pillaged nine titles last season lost to world No 52 Tony Chappel — a player who had managed to take just one frame off him in two previous meetings . |
| 21 | He sat her down at the table , where she could feel the warmth of the fire after her bath . |
| 22 | Lucy was left to kick around by the unmanned Reservations desk for a couple of minutes , and then a waiter appeared to lead her over to the table . |
| 23 | Not quite , not quite , he 's jumped ahead a little bit , can you help him out on the table ? |
| 24 | ‘ Apple sauce ? ’ asked Shirley , who was dishing up , with her back to the table , from a hotplate on a trolley . |
| 25 | She then spread her hands and Benjamin led her back to the table where she stood defiantly before Mandeville . |
| 26 | He nodded his thanks and the men laid her back on the table . |
| 27 | Doyle jerked at Tug 's arms to bring him round to the table . |
| 28 | Priscilla Buxton recounted how four MPs brought in the huge rolls of the ladies ' petition of 1833 and ‘ heaved it on to the table among loud laughing and cheers . |
| 29 | Earl brought in a yellow legal pad with a number of acronyms on it in boxes , and North put it down on the table ; at that point , his secure telephone went off , and he had to ask Miller to leave . |
| 30 | From one of the voluminous pockets he produced a bottle of Scotch and put it down on the table . |