Example sentences of "i [verb] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked the table . |
| 2 | ‘ Right — now you can watch telly again for ten minutes while I lay the table — or you can go out and see Daddy and his friends if you want . ’ |
| 3 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh Lili , ’ I said , and I grasped the table 's edge . |
| 5 | Oh , I moved the table right there you hear my voice ? |
| 6 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 7 | ‘ But I booked the table especially . |
| 8 | I had a close look at that table , obviously a matter of some interest and that 's the reason I return to this , as I read the table , there is a very substantial amount of double counting within it , for this reason , that all outstanding er planning permissions are included once , and there are then separate categories of allowance for all types of sites , namely large windfalls , conversions , small sites , and allocated sites , those are all put in , er or most of them are put in at thirteen years worth , that being the remainder of the plan period to two thousand and six , it will not have escaped you that if you include thirteen years worth all the existing commissions are part of that thirteen years , and so simplest approach to correct that table would simply to discount the outstanding commitments , because they 're all counted again as part of the thirteen years , I do have a secondary point that the allowance for conversions is very much higher than what seems to be happening , and in what is in the tables that er Mr Thomas drew it to your attention from the York City er appendix eight , so that er on on two counts , but mainly the double counting one there is a great deal of er erm optimism , if I can call it that , in that table . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you mind if I clear the table ? |
| 10 | Statistics alone are of little use in literary criticism , and I present the table more as a finding-list than anything else . |
| 11 | Albert , take Carrie to fetch the goose while I set the table . ’ |
| 12 | I set the table but I forgot about the water . |
| 13 | I set the table . |
| 14 | Yeah , I tidied the table . |
| 15 | How many shall I set the table for ? |
| 16 | Nevil just walked with me about a foot off the floor until I hit the table with my stomach . |
| 17 | " May I leave the table now ? " |
| 18 | Of course , this strategy had a distinct disadvantage in that each time I moved towards the light to serve the gentlemen , my advancing footsteps would echo long and loud before I reached the table , drawing attention to my impending arrival in the most ostentatious manner ; but it did have the great merit of making my person only partially visible while I remained stationary . |
| 19 | He had , however , an appointment to keep , and a few minutes later I had the table to myself . |
| 20 | Watch out Christopher let me move the table . |
| 21 | ‘ If you make me leave the table , Hughie , I shall go straight down into the kitchen . |
| 22 | Eight o'clock — my mother wants me to lay the table and get breakfast ready . |
| 23 | If he was as surprised as she at what amounted to an invitation to share her meal , then he did not show it , but said merely , ‘ Want me to lay the table ? ’ |