Example sentences of "[adv prt] from [art] table " in BNC.

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1 Only now , in my old age , I wish I had got down from the table and put my arms round his neck and kissed him .
2 He had got down from the table half-way through tea and was sitting on a chair in the doorway , looking droopy and listless .
3 I jumped down from the table , and ran out of the room .
4 I scramble down from the table , back away , the red spoon gripped tight in my hand .
5 Please may I get down from the table ?
6 Please may I get down from the table ?
7 Please may I get down from the table ?
8 He shoved the half-empty plate away and jumped up from the table .
9 A woman and three children got up from the table as I entered the room .
10 The woman and children burst out laughing again , getting up from the table and crowding round me .
11 ‘ All right , then , ’ said his Dad , putting his hand on Philip 's shoulder as he got up from the table .
12 Marie pushed back her coffee and got up from the table .
13 ‘ Come on , then , ’ he said , getting up from the table .
14 She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again .
15 I could not speak to anyone , but when the bridge players saw me they threw down their cards and jumped up from the table .
16 Xanthe Lorrimore got up from the table after a while and went that way , and presently came back screaming .
17 Alice Mair got up from the table .
18 Willie got up from the table excitedly and moved towards them .
19 Paul found that he could not stay with her at present ; he excused himself , got up from the table , fetched his hat and a stout stick , and went out into the day .
20 Adam got up from the table and said he thought he might go over to Rufus 's .
21 The meal finished , Stan Carver , placing his hands on each side of his plate , slowly raised himself up from the table and , standing still for a moment , said , ‘ Thank God for a good dinner . ’
22 But look up once from that paper , get up from the table to make coffee or stir the fire , even just raise your head to look at the view outside the window , and you may as well give up until tomorrow .
23 It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire !
24 For he just pushed his plate aside , wiped his mouth on the back of his hand , and getting up from the table once again went out of the house without saying a word .
25 He had knocked over the water jug when he got up from the table .
26 I 've been at dinner with him when something someone has said made him laugh so much he 's got up from the table to give the fullest physical expression to it .
27 ‘ Do n't , David , ’ she said , getting up from the table .
28 She got up from the table and walked into the conservatory with a bowl of fruit for her macaws .
29 Algy got up from the table and went into the drawing-room .
30 Getting up from the table he groped his way down the furthest bay and replaced his book in the rack , leaning his forehead against the cold steel .
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