Example sentences of "you [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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1 | " Take as much lean of boiled ham as you please , and half the quantity of fat , cut it as thin as possible , beat it very fine in a mortar , with a little oiled butter , beaten mace , pepper and salt , pot part of it into a china pot , then beat the white part of a fowl with a very little seasoning ; it is to qualify the ham , put a lay of chicken , then one of ham , then chicken at the top , press it hard down , and when it is cold , pour clarified butter over it ; when you send it to the table cut out a thin slice in the form of half a diamond , and lay it round the edge of your pot . " |
2 | Can you direct us to the table please ? |
3 | Yeah , if you put it on the table he wo n't , and if you do n't |
4 | Have you got it from the tables . |
5 | If you poured it on the table , it probably would n't even eat half-way through . |
6 | First , if you spin it on the table , ‘ stalk ’ upward , it almost immediately flips itself over to spin upside-down , balancing on the stalk' . |
7 | Well why do n't you put it on the table or on the little table , it does n't even fit on that shelf , does it ? |
8 | Marky can you put it on the table please ? |
9 | But if you had me on the table or on the trolley in intensive care — the submarine blip of the oscilloscope ( like a lost code ) , the richly sighing respirator-then I 'd be going , going , tumbling end over end . |