Example sentences of "[v-ing] on the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware of the mugs of cocoa , cooling on the table beside her , but she only wanted to prolong this wonderful moment , sitting here with David , her hand in his . |
| 2 | I mean I w when I was dropping dead with exhaustion one evening I said to him look Tony , the there 's I 've cooked a chicken , there 's a big chicken cooling on the table and there there were red sauce , potatoes , gravy , I said , stick the lot on a plate a micro and , you know , film it over , microwave it oh well I sha n't bother to eat anything now of course he was paying me for his food |
| 3 | Auditory targets were produced by the experimenter tapping on the table by the targets using a pen . |
| 4 | ‘ Breakfast going on the table . ’ |
| 5 | There 's this poor devil , this corpse , you see , lying on the table with his guts laid open and all these students … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Now , ’ continued the Headmaster , opening a thick book lying on the table . |
| 7 | When our turn came , I could see the rifles and guns lying on the table and the long queue of lorries , leaving the land of oranges far behind and spreading out over the winding roads of Lebanon . |
| 8 | She also added the crumbs of the toffee ; then rubbed her hands on a small damp towel lying on the table by the toffee trays . |
| 9 | An assortment of clothes were lying on the table . |
| 10 | Markby snatched up the telephone receiver lying on the table in the hall . |
| 11 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |
| 12 | Stella did too — ; after all , she was one of them — until a picture grew in her head of Dawn Allenby in St Ives 's bed-sitter , cheeks hollowed as she sucked on her peppermints , the gas fire burning blue , those unwrapped , unwanted flowers lying on the table . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's for you , ’ he says , striding across the hall towards the phone , where the handset 's lying on the table and an officer is attaching a little device like a sucker to the phone ; a wire leads from the sucker to a pro Walkman . |
| 14 | When Fagin left her , Nancy was already back in a drunken sleep , her head lying on the table once more . |
| 15 | As he looked about him his eye fell again on the telegraph message from Paris lying on the table beside him . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't worry about Scott , ’ he said , glancing across at the Delta Elite lying on the table . |
| 17 | When Lord Henry returned home that night , there was a letter for him lying on the table . |
| 18 | Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table . |
| 19 | Groping for the light switch , whose position he had not yet memorised perfectly , he saw the evening 's post still lying on the table in the hall where he had put it before he came out . |
| 20 | But it should not be built somewhere simply because a Bill is lying on the table . |
| 21 | I said on the 14th that the equivalent of 25 million tonnes of coal gas contracts had been given , with a further equivalent of 10 million tonnes lying on the table for the Secretary of State to sanction . |
| 22 | Picture that portfolio lying on the table … ’ |
| 23 | Lying on the table it was . |
| 24 | Jim ( no one who knows him calls him Iggy ) being Jim was squatting on the table stuffing everyone else 's venison into his roll and eating it with his fingers . |
| 25 | The Pages were waiting on the table . |
| 26 | It did n't feel like it , in spite of the decorations she had put up with such care , and the pile of letters and parcels waiting on the table to be opened tomorrow morning . |
| 27 | I prefer to have a starter waiting on the table before the guests go into the dining-room — something very decorative on pretty china to activate the visual taste-buds . |
| 28 | Cakes , sandwiches , and a porcelain tea pot and cups were waiting on the table . |
| 29 | ‘ Now go into the kitchen and take the tray which you 'll find waiting on the table on the left and take it up to room five on the third floor . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Mike 's changed , ’ Laidlaw answered , staring at the beer can he was turning on the table . |