Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impatient to dine at the table , |
| 2 | Still looking doubtful , she went off to fill the order , and when Ellie had eaten it all , down to the very last scrap , and had two cups of coffee , she came back to stand at the table , full of admiration and amazement . |
| 3 | ‘ It ca n't be that time , ’ she said , bounding up , only to clutch at the table as her head started up again . |
| 4 | You 've only got to look at the table . |
| 5 | bottle and erm they used to queue at the table that for the |
| 6 | Filmer was still beside her : the passengers tended all the time to linger at the tables , talking , after the meals had been cleared , rather than return to the solitude of their bedrooms . |
| 7 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 8 | It was ready now , waiting for John to sit at the table . |
| 9 | The light was fading on the walls of the Imperial city ; I gave it one last look and came , reluctantly , to sit at the table . |
| 10 | The child who refuses to sit at the table or in a high chair These children may be showing specific food-related problems or the difficulty may be part of a much wider behavioural and emotional problem . |
| 11 | Hyperactive and overactive young children often can not concentrate long enough to sit at the table and so teaching this is a very important part of learning to control them generally . |
| 12 | When the boy , as she had thought of the youth but who was actually seventeen , came into the room he needed no urging to sit at the table ; then grinning at the child , he said , ‘ What 's your name ? ’ |
| 13 | It was just warm enough for us to sit at the table outside and drink cool wine in the fading sun . |
| 14 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
| 15 | Pouring out the coffee with a shaking hand , adding milk and sugar , she went to sit at the table . |
| 16 | The unnerving grey-green eyes narrowed slightly , and as Tara appeared with a tray he gestured for Virginia to sit at the table , his gaze not leaving her as she reluctantly did so . |
| 17 | Not unless you want to sit at the table do you ? |
| 18 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE TABLE |
| 19 | I had to tell at the table . |