Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | This depends partly on how " cluttered " the table is and also on pupils ' familiarity with the subject of the data. ) — interpretative requirements ; ( Any differences between the questions asked about the table and the labelling of the table 's headings appear to reduce success rates . |
| 2 | As he moved towards the table Joe noticed that , although they had been bidden to take their seats , neither Mrs Carver , nor Mick , nor Carrie did until Mr Carver was seated ; then , each pulling a chair out from under the table , they sat down ; and having done so , Mick pointed to a carved chair with a leather seat and said to him , ‘ Come , sit down . |
| 3 | Toby looked meaningfully at me and changed the subject as we moved towards the table for lunch . |
| 4 | He moved towards the table , indicating she join him . |
| 5 | It stopped near the table and bowed , putting its small gloved hands into the opposing cuffs of its robe . |
| 6 | Harrison charged into the table , knocking the sponge cake , chocolate biscuits , two tea cups , milk jug and a flurry of knives and teaspoons to the floor . |
| 7 | One of them slipped on the sopping floor , cannoned into the table , and brought down the pyramid of barrels and chairs which still supported the restaurant owner . |
| 8 | ‘ Personally I think it 's overrated , ’ Jill laughed as they moved along the table , Lindsey helping herself to food she did n't really want . |
| 9 | Within the total for universities , seven were providing no Chapter III courses and of the five which did , most of the twenty-one listed in the table were arranged by Birmingham where this type of course had been offered in the industrial areas prior to the introduction of the 1932 Adult Education Regulations and which had continued under an established precedent . |
| 10 | Of the twenty States listed in the Table , thirteen are parties to the more recent Hague Convention of 1965 which does not involve the abrogation of the earlier bilateral Conventions but has in practice superseded them so far as the United Kingdom is concerned . |
| 11 | Assume it 's okay , ’ and she rose from the table and went upstairs . |
| 12 | I rose from the table , went into the cell and flopped down on the hard wooden bed and was asleep almost immediately . |
| 13 | He placed his unfinished cigar in the ash tray and rose from the table , leaving his brandy untouched . |
| 14 | The two men rose from the table together . |
| 15 | Jessie rose from the table now , but she did n't move away from it , she leant her hands on the edge of it and , bending towards Agnes and in a mere whisper now , she said , ‘ Father 's got to understand that I have a life of my own ; I 'm not a china doll to be babied . ’ |
| 16 | When Grace Farrier rose from the table , the men rose with her , and when , a few minutes later , she entered the drawing room she sat down with a sigh , for she was wondering how long Aunt Nessy 's stay would be this time . |
| 17 | ‘ Then go , ’ he rose from the table with a grin , ‘ it will do you good . |
| 18 | ‘ Time for some fresh air girls , ’ Billy spoke and rose from the table at the same time . |
| 19 | When Tamar rose from the table , she remarked , ‘ I shall go out for a ride , Mama . ’ |
| 20 | At one point , Joan rose from the table and went to the ladies ' room . |
| 21 | Ellen Jebeau rose from the table , and they made the gesture of rising too . |
| 22 | Of a sudden Aggie rose from the table and left the room , and the smile slid slowly from Millie 's face and she looked at the funny young man , as she thought of him , and said , ‘ Is she vexed ? ’ |
| 23 | She rose from the table . |
| 24 | She rose from the table . |
| 25 | He rose from the table forlornly , addressing his attention to the crease on his trouser leg . |
| 26 | They rose from the table with Daisy stressing the need for a heater that could not be knocked over by cats . |
| 27 | He rose from the table then , pushing a chair roughly out of his way , and Robyn flinched at the severity of his expression . |
| 28 | Zeinab rose from the table in a fury and flounced out . |
| 29 | Julie murmured in a sceptical tone of voice as she rose from the table . |
| 30 | A faint wash of colour rose under her skin and she rose from the table and walked to the counter . |