Example sentences of "placed [pers pn] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we arrived at the market town , my master hired the largest room in the public house , and placed me upon the table there . |
| 2 | They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife . |
| 3 | I understand he 's ill. , Seating herself on one of the wooden chairs , she drew off her fine kid gloves and placed them on the table . |
| 4 | As she placed them on the table , Roy spoke up . |
| 5 | Mrs Lennox filled Laura 's cup and placed it on the table . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’ |
| 7 | He placed it on the table and took out the contents . |
| 8 | Pushing a chair gently to one side , he placed it on the table and sat down . |
| 9 | Celia arrived with a tray of tea and placed it on the table . |
| 10 | He placed it on the table and left slamming the door behind him . |
| 11 | After a minute , she wrote out the check and placed it on the table . |
| 12 | He grabbed a tray from a cupboard and placed it on the table . |
| 13 | The door opened and Karl Gesner entered with a flourish , turned , took the tray from Frau Schmidt who was just behind him , and placed it on the table . |
| 14 | Belatedly she took the figurine from her shoulder-bag and placed it on the table that stood between them . |