Example sentences of "[adv] at [art] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching him stare gloomily at the table , Lucy said impulsively , ‘ Perhaps I could help . |
| 2 | These are usually based on removal of attention for inappropriate behaviour like not eating ( extinction ) and on setting the scene for appropriate behaviour by eating only at the table ( discriminative learning ) . |
| 3 | Children can learn that food is available only at the table so they may manage a few minutes sitting down to eat and then get up and run around . |
| 4 | Rarely did the family eat so much , break so many eggs for a single meal , or stay so long at the table ; the pleasure of idleness rocked her limbs , the restless noise of her own worries grew still and their voices faded in her head . |
| 5 | Harbury and Linda Finch were together at a table when she got there . |
| 6 | Her problem behaviour was specific to family lunch at weekends and holidays , the only occasions when the whole family sat down together at the table . |
| 7 | There is also the oft repeated argument that we should not sit down together at the table until after unity is accomplished . |
| 8 | I sit for an hour , alone at a table with only one drink of scathing hard whiskey , which does not fall lightly upon my throat , but burns my mouth and neck with the sting of memory . |
| 9 | As ever , Omi was in , sitting patiently at the table , writing one of the many letters with which she kept the tattered network of Brombergs and Ritters precariously bound together . |
| 10 | Fowler-Troon was already at a table laid for two by the window . |
| 11 | Nick was already at the table , tucking in , and Mister Johnny sat beside him , a white napkin round his neck . |
| 12 | Dolores and her father were already at the table , and her two brothers were just washing their hands in the kitchen with young Pablo the fisherman who was Lina 's intended . |
| 13 | They sat outside at a table overlooking the bay , with the twinkling lights of the harbour beyond , the big yachts and the smaller boats bobbing at anchor in the moonlight . |
| 14 | But she was still at the table , alone and looking across the river . |
| 15 | A quick glance into the dining-room showed he was no longer there , but to her surprise she saw that Doreen and Matt were still at the table . |
| 16 | He must sit upright at a table to eat his meals : he can not eat off a tray sitting in bed or an easy chair . |
| 17 | He knelt as erect as ever at the table . |
| 18 | Shocked looks glumly at the table , anxious to put her past behind her , yet concerned to put things right . |
| 19 | Also at the table were the Most Reverend the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Robert Runcie ; Viscount Churchill , a former Lord Mayor of London Sir Robin Gillett , and Lady Gillett ; the Earl and Countess of Strathmore , and the Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps the High Commissioner for Cyprus and Mrs Tasos Panayides . |
| 20 | Pooley gazed fixedly at the table . |
| 21 | Tuppe sat dejectedly at a table by the door . |
| 22 | Willie sat dejectedly at the table and watched Tom drag his small mattress past the window . |
| 23 | Would you serve food as well at the table ? |
| 24 | That land is extremely valuable , and what 's more I would suggest that the three people here at the table with me go back to the Property Committee , to which they belong . |
| 25 | The purveyor stared hard at the table , as he tried to concentrate . |
| 26 | The young man sat down readily at the table , leaning his homespun elbows at ease ; and Julian , without being bidden , came forward noiselessly and filled a cup for him . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said at last and he glanced across at the table . |
| 28 | A string of mucus hung from her left nostril and clung to the curve of her lipsticked mouth ; the waitresses kept looking across at the table . |
| 29 | He saw her glance across at the table and followed her gaze to the brandy bottle . |
| 30 | There at a table was a clearly dejected , drooping Auguste , with large dark circles under his eyes . |