Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] [prep] the table " in BNC.

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1 She went into the dining-room , where the tea was set , and she looked over the table as if there she would find something missing .
2 Alina smiled , with some confidence but also a lot of apprehension still , and she moved around the table toward the door .
3 Assume it 's okay , ’ and she rose from the table and went upstairs .
4 A faint wash of colour rose under her skin and she rose from the table and walked to the counter .
5 ‘ Deux Armagnacs , s'il vous plaît ’ said Jay to timmortalshe waiter and they strolled to the table outside the hotel .
6 And he banged on the table .
7 ‘ I 'll fucking tame you , ’ Paddy said , and he knocked over the table in his attempt to rise .
8 A cold nose nuzzled his knee , and he reached under the table with a scrap of venison for Fife — or Drum , he was not sure which .
9 She advanced on him threateningly and he retreated behind the table .
10 He laid the thin little thing down close to the blazing fire , and he moved to the table and poured milk and wine into a cup , and sliced bread and meat .
11 He swung it in a glittering arc , and it sliced through the table as though it were butter , carving its way through the heavy wood and jarring his arm , striking sparks off the stone floor .
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