Example sentences of "sit at the table [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | defiance of house rules ( e.g. breaking rules about playing with matches , about not switching on the TV before the children 's programmes begin , about sitting at the table until the meal is finished , or about not taking food out of the fridge without permission ) ; |
| 2 | Simple reward charts can be used to reinforce either sitting at the table or finishing a meal for the 3-year-old and older . |
| 3 | He was sitting at the table and staring ahead of him with a dark , brooding expression . |
| 4 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away |
| 9 | Can I go and sit at the table cos my tea 's there . |
| 10 | I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers . |
| 11 | But no one has said that you can not sit at the table and talk to your family , even if you choose not to eat . |
| 12 | You can sit at the table and do them . |
| 13 | Do you want to go and get your aeroplane , cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand , and make aeroplanes with the other . |
| 14 | Lee had risen and moved to where he sat at the table and was showing him the completed unicorn 's head . |
| 15 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 16 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 17 | She sat at the table and counted what she had left . |
| 18 | Mum sat at the table and pushed the grey hair back from her eyes . |