Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] the table " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie lowered the table and the two of them hoisted the surprised dog on to it and raised the table to a convenient height . |
| 2 | There was much gesticulating , Teodor banging the table , his thigh , his friends ' thighs , throwing wide his arms . |
| 3 | Captain Scott heads the table , little knowing the trials ahead . |
| 4 | Marie shoved the table aside to get closer to Gazzer . |
| 5 | Tammuz thumped the table with a closed fist . |
| 6 | Downes thumped the table with both fists with such ferocity that WPC Wright transferred her shorthand-book to her black-stockinged knee , and failed completely to register the next three words that Downes had thundered . |
| 7 | Leicestershire enter the table , and might have qualified last year if an adjustment had been made then to bring their figures into line with practices adopted by all the other counties . |
| 8 | Arsenal lead the table on 79 years , followed by Everton ( 41 ) and surprise , surprise Coventry City on 40 . |
| 9 | Ginny laid the table while Barbara broke four eggs in a bowl and whisked them vigorously . |
| 10 | Frau Nordern and Omi beamed on Erika , Bodo banged the table with his fist , making the plates bounce alarmingly , Erika blushed , and , for reasons known only to himself , Paul went a fiery red , too . |
| 11 | Endill examined the table . |
| 12 | Mrs Fletcher , Roe Padfield and Mrs Thatcher sat on the low cupboard by the door and Tom pulled the table out so that everyone could squeeze round on three chairs , a stool and the arm of the armchair . |
| 13 | Did er Trish play the table ? |
| 14 | Milan lead the table by nine points from city rivals Inter , who won 2-0 at Juventus . |
| 15 | And then Omi tapped the table , once . |
| 16 | When Rose saw the table already set for morning , she said , ‘ If you were around for too long I 'd be spoiled rotten . |
| 17 | Sentence 9a is odd because table does not combine normally with see if it occupies the X-slot ; it does , however , function as a perfectly normal occupant of the Y-slot ( Arthur saw the table ) . |
| 18 | Oliver gave the table a puzzled look . |
| 19 | Eadred smoothed the table top with his fingers . |
| 20 | The room seemed to spin a little and Herr Nordern grabbed the table . |
| 21 | Lachlan slapped the table , his booming laugh echoing in the rafters . |
| 22 | Dornberg slapped the table with the palm of his hand , then glared with protruding eyes at the unfortunate Blasendorf . |
| 23 | Sapt banged the table with his hand in excitement . |
| 24 | Julia kept her eyes clear of both Lord Cumbermound and Canon Wheeler and , leaving McGee to clear the table for port and dessert , she went upstairs to the drawing-room to remove the sherry glasses and set out coffee . |
| 25 | Middlesex lead the table , Warwickshire have no margin for error during the run in , but after seeing the title go twice to their neighbours from New Road , the men from Edgbaston could be about to have their day . |
| 26 | Despite that defeat , Cowan heads the table with 61 points . |
| 27 | Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship . |
| 28 | Talbot tapped the table with his stubby fingers . |
| 29 | Benjamin tapped the table top . |
| 30 | Benjamin tapped the table top with his fingers . |