Example sentences of "and [verb] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she cooked pasta and shredded chicken and chopped fruit and nuts and sliced black bread and made beetroot soup and prepared sour cream and a cheese board and polished wine glasses and put butter in lemon-coloured dishes and made salad dressings and laid the table and set a serviette decorated with a Groucho Marx face by the side of each place . |
| 2 | He found him agitated and anxious and thumping the table , demanding to discuss the two men 's roles in relation to each other . |
| 3 | Not with his bawling voice and thumping the table . |
| 4 | Devlin tossed the beer in his face and upended the table against him , the edge catching the German 's shins so that he staggered forward . |
| 5 | Spread the Christmas word and decorate the table with new linen — and treat the kitchen to a festive tea towel . |
| 6 | She stood still , then turned and approached the table . |
| 7 | He rose and slammed the table . |
| 8 | The room-service waiter appeared with their order twenty minutes later and prepared the table in the sitting room . |
| 9 | After we had settled down , brother Jack stood up and banged the table and called for order for Dad to say grace . |
| 10 | So when , towards the end of lunch , Stuart lurched to his feet and informed the table — why this confessional urge that comes upon people at such times ? that he was ‘ Just going to decant ’ ( and the awful phrases they come up with : from which beagling divisional manager did my chum filch that one ? ) , |
| 11 | Even before they had left , his PA , Caroline Amphlett , had come in to take away the tea cups and clear the table . |
| 12 | Why did she collect the knives and forks and clear the table ? |
| 13 | ‘ I wanted to find out what he was working on , ’ she said as the waiter removed the plates and tidied the table for the main course . |
| 14 | Sophie lowered the table and the two of them hoisted the surprised dog on to it and raised the table to a convenient height . |
| 15 | CHOOSE plates , cutlery and crystal and set the table if practical , leaving all the glasses upside down . |
| 16 | I 'll go and set the table . ’ |
| 17 | Will you come and set the table for me . |
| 18 | Before the pudding was cut the Reverend Morey stood up and rapped the table to attract attention . |
| 19 | In order to answer the question , dichotomize the response variable and present the table in proportional terms . |
| 20 | She took her glass of wine across the room , and watched the table from there . |
| 21 | I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap , and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting , and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor . |
| 22 | The father in a family can never be satisfied if his children clean his shoes and lay the table , but never talk to him , and never hug him . |
| 23 | I should go down and lay the table , thought Marion . |
| 24 | Mrs Purry , his daily woman , was due to arrive during the afternoon to polish and lay the table , hoover the carpet , dust the room , and — most important of all — cook the meal . |
| 25 | Anyvay — ’ He laughed and slapped the table — ‘ they do n't get what they come for . |
| 26 | She spilt the coffee as she put it in front of him , apologised , and gave the table a cursory wipe . |
| 27 | She ended up calling the brigade and a friendly fireman eased out an inner window and removed the table top . |
| 28 | Christmas is the one time completely free of cricket — and Clarissa loves the theatricality of dressing the tree and laying the table with the best silver . |
| 29 | And laying the table , washing up the dishes . |
| 30 | Ruth finished her food and left the table . |