Example sentences of "sit down at the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guests are often late and rarely sit down at the table on time . |
| 2 | Please sit down at the table . |
| 3 | There 's plenty here , so if you clean yourself up and sit down at the table I 'll put something out for you too . |
| 4 | And there 's another sort of things now that we do n't hear is when you sit down at the table to eat erm they 're probably the most the hostess would say now would be , Help yourself . |
| 5 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |
| 6 | Then he would have been able to sit down at the table , loosen his shirt collar , his shoelaces , and read the evening paper until Patsy was ready . |
| 7 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 8 | ‘ I see nothing to celebrate , ’ said Charlotte Feaver , the first to sit down at the table despite what lay upon it . |
| 9 | You get a nice space to sit down at the table |
| 10 | They all stared at me wide-eyed and continued to stand and stare even after I had sat down at the table . |
| 11 | She was sitting down at the table ; he thought she really was looking very ill and wretched but his tender pride kept him silent . |
| 12 | ‘ Do sit down at the table , ’ she said to the rude young man . |
| 13 | If one did not sit down at the table there would be a gap , an empty space that would spoil the symmetry of the host 's table . |
| 14 | And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table . |
| 15 | Philip sat down at the table . |
| 16 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 17 | They sat down at the table , and took out of their pockets packets of cigarettes , lighters and calculators , placing these objects carefully in front of them as if they were necessary equipment for some game they were about to play . |
| 18 | They sat down at the table . |
| 19 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 20 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
| 21 | He poured the tea into a mug , added milk and sugar , then sat down at the table and began to eat and drink . |
| 22 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
| 23 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 24 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 25 | But he said nothing , just sat down at the table , a pale-faced , freckled child , his school tie knotted to one side , and catching part of his collar . |
| 26 | Lucinda set down the cups , then , unbuttoning her jacket , sat down at the table , chin on hands . |
| 27 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |
| 28 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 29 | He tossed the empty packet onto the overflowing bin in the corner of the room and sat down at the table . |
| 30 | He stood glowering at her dangerously ; then abruptly shoved the cup on to the windowsill , among some geraniums that stood there in pots , and sat down at the table . |