Example sentences of "[to-vb] the table [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she coaxed him along with her unwaveringly sympathetic smile , and he ordered everyone to dismantle the tables and re-set them . |
| 2 | The depressing knowledge caused a sudden desire in her to leave the table and to get away from the sight of Doreen gazing soulfully at Silas . |
| 3 | Afterwards she helped to clear the table and to carry the pots through into a lean-to kitchen , the room in which they had eaten being the best parlour . |
| 4 | It is time to turn the tables and consider how the existence of life may have affected the atmosphere of the early Earth . |
| 5 | At the end of the last line only , tap Enter to finish the table as one paragraph ( see Task 20 ) |
| 6 | I 'll be wanting to lay the table for |
| 7 | Eight o'clock — my mother wants me to lay the table and get breakfast ready . |
| 8 | 11.00am If there is a special lunch in F27 Liz helps to lay the table and may also go and serve . |
| 9 | I had to I had to lay the table and they had to be laid spick and span you know . |
| 10 | The chairs were designed to complement the table and represent one set of variations on a chair design that I have been experimenting with for years . |
| 11 | You know , nine times out of ten you do n't even get round to take the tables and the chairs out the way , just fucking fall over them |