Example sentences of "be [verb] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We must start winning at home if we are to climb the table . ’ |
| 2 | It was : ’ I am asking the Table Office to make the necessary transfer arrangements to the Chancellor of the Exchequer . ’ |
| 3 | Quiss seemed to be addressing the table , not his opponent . |
| 4 | Yes you are mind the table Charlotte there 's drinks on it |
| 5 | Thérèse and Léonie were laying the table . |
| 6 | In the kitchen Anne and Millie are laying the table for dinner , talking seriously . |
| 7 | has to be set , cos your dad was using the table . |
| 8 | Edouard was tapping the table idly with one finger , which Isobel knew was a sign of irritation . |
| 9 | I was getting the table ready for the captain 's breakfast . |
| 10 | The two girls ' job was to clear the table between courses , fetch and carry dishes . |
| 11 | A dragonfly was bombing the table . |
| 12 | But when she turned round , he was laying the table . |
| 13 | When she got down again her mother was setting the table for high tea ; Clara , mutely . |
| 14 | She was clearing the table when she heard the slow deliberate footsteps of her husband approaching the kitchen . |
| 15 | Zelah was clearing the table . |
| 16 | Beryl was clearing the table ; Francis , with his hands in his pockets , was staring out of the window . |