Example sentences of "[noun prp] sit at the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aunt Bella sat at the table , poring over catalogues , surveying the accounts , calculating . |
| 2 | Downes sat at the table in Interview Room Two on the ground floor , spell-bound and motionless , as if a witch had drawn a circle round him thrice . |
| 3 | In the kitchen she found Veronica cooking and Rodney sitting at the table writing a list . |
| 4 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 5 | Stalin sat at the table , drinking a can of beer . |
| 6 | For once , sunshine was slanting in ; and Ruth sat at the table , drawing with her finger round the shadow of the coffee cup — then abruptly got up , opened the basement door and went down the steps into the darkness . |
| 7 | Ruth sat at the table eating bread and jam . |
| 8 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 9 | The unnerving grey-green eyes narrowed slightly , and as Tara appeared with a tray he gestured for Virginia to sit at the table , his gaze not leaving her as she reluctantly did so . |
| 10 | When the daily help came through the back door and into the kitchen , she found Beth sitting at the table , breathless and dishevelled . |
| 11 | When I 'd left the horse in the yard and gone in for breakfast I found both Mackie and Sam Yaeger sitting at the table with Tremayne , all of them discussing that day 's racing at Nottingham . |
| 12 | They had eaten what there was , sitting or standing around ; only Sara sat at the table . |
| 13 | Anna and Sarah sat at the table , and the man stood and watched . |
| 14 | It was ready now , waiting for John to sit at the table . |