Example sentences of "it [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's also a source of food and sport for Lithuanians who ride and ski in their forests and hunt game and prepare it for the table . |
| 2 | As she passed the new couple her beach bag caught the Factor 15 and knocked it off the table . |
| 3 | Just as I 'm wondering if I have time to nip across to silence it , there 's a burst of shouting that nearly jolts it off the table . |
| 4 | She watched him drain his cup and thump it onto the table . |
| 5 | Annie whipped off her apron and put it onto the table drawer , while calling out , ‘ Ask the gentleman in , Lydia . ’ |
| 6 | Then it means that a person , as the result of observing that whenever , say , a table is hit , he suffers pain , when now he is in pain , automatically associates it with the table . |
| 7 | At luncheon , Bradbury 's Alsatian dog was found to have retrieved a boot of a German airman and was chewing it under the table . |
| 8 | if your mum brought a pizza in would we put it under the table or on the table ? |
| 9 | He slipped a loop around one of her wrists , and passed it under the table to secure it to her other wrist . |
| 10 | No you ca n't get it under the table . |
| 11 | Pulling it from the table and scattering pins across the floor , Constance held up the half-finished garment . |
| 12 | She snapped the locks on the case , lifting it from the table , wanting only to get away from Luke Calder as fast as she could . |
| 13 | Page 382 of ’ Erskine May ’ concerns the citing of documents not before the House and makes it clear that a Minister may not ’ read or quote from a despatch or other state paper not before the House , unless he is prepared to lay it upon the Table . ’ |
| 14 | Martin seems to be missing by a distance as we joust it round the table , so after half a dozen exchanges I go down with much confidence on a half-ball cut into the bottom left-hand pocket . |
| 15 | She made him a sandwich and brought it to the table . |
| 16 | Left alone with Carrie , Joe sat watching her pour the boiling water into the earthenware teapot , and after bringing it to the table and setting it on a stand , she smiled at him and said softly , ‘ How are you ? ’ |
| 17 | Just before it begins to run remove the dish and carry it to the table . |
| 18 | " Take as much lean of boiled ham as you please , and half the quantity of fat , cut it as thin as possible , beat it very fine in a mortar , with a little oiled butter , beaten mace , pepper and salt , pot part of it into a china pot , then beat the white part of a fowl with a very little seasoning ; it is to qualify the ham , put a lay of chicken , then one of ham , then chicken at the top , press it hard down , and when it is cold , pour clarified butter over it ; when you send it to the table cut out a thin slice in the form of half a diamond , and lay it round the edge of your pot . " |
| 19 | Without a word he brought it to the table beside her bed and put it carefully down . |
| 20 | Bring it to the table and we 'll work it out together . |
| 21 | He lift ed his picture , held it at arm 's length , considered it , replaced it on the table , rubbed out a couple of lines and carried on drawing . |
| 22 | Philip took the vase and put it on the table where it had been before , wiping off some of the dust with his elbow . |
| 23 | Confidently you open your portable projector and put it on the table . |
| 24 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 25 | When we reached the house , however , he rummaged about in the office for a while complaining that he could never find anything on Dee-Dee 's days off and eventually brought a paper into the dining-room , plonked it on the table and instructed me to sign . |
| 26 | I took my gun out of the closet and put two bullets in the magazine and laid it on the table beside my bed . |
| 27 | Mrs Lennox filled Laura 's cup and placed it on the table . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , then — ’ Alice walked across the kitchen to the open fireplace and , bending towards the oven at the side of it , she opened the door and took out a casserole dish and placed it on the table before she went on , ‘ If that 's how you 're feeling I think it 's about time you got yourself married . ’ |
| 29 | I pulled the tin box out of my battle-dress and put it on the table . |
| 30 | The carter said ‘ Yes , please ’ , so Grandmother put the pudding on a plate , placed it on the table , whereupon the carter said ‘ Me and the boy likes the ends ’ . |