Example sentences of "he [verb] at the [noun sg] table " in BNC.

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1 Cowley could see him sitting at the garden table , staring blankly into the distance .
2 This routine had been established for more than a year , so it was no surprise when one Sunday evening in early November , he announced at the supper table , ‘ Me and Maisie 's set a date .
3 When she 'd finished he sat at the kitchen table , watching her getting his tea ready , brooding .
4 Now he sat at the kitchen table with the worm-cake before him and the taste of nausea already on his tongue .
5 He sat at the kitchen table .
6 Bleakly , he sat at the kitchen table eating spaghetti bolognaise out of a tin .
7 The mail arrived early and he opened his letters as he sat at the breakfast table .
8 Not yesterday , Peter thought grimly , as he stood at the kitchen table laying the tea tray with his mother 's china ; but certainly last week or the week before .
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