Example sentences of "the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mum furious that day when , aged seven , I emptied out the contents of her bag and arranged them on the table in descending order of size . |
| 2 | What sense of the table does it have ? |
| 3 | As the table on page 88 shows , there is a huge choice of pasta as an ingredient . |
| 4 | Leaving David with Mr Catlett , Peggy went back to the table and sat down . |
| 5 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 6 | ‘ She always upsets the table . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She does n't always have to upset the table , though , when she is there , does she ? ’ remarked Henry Tyler in a tone that at least one ambassador had been known to call ‘ eminently reasonable ’ . |
| 8 | Across the table he could hear Mrs Locombe-Stableford talking to the doctor about someone 's gall-stones . |
| 9 | Obediently the parlourmaid lowered a serving dish bearing a large fillet of beef on to the table in front of the doctor . |
| 10 | Edith took the plates to Margot Iverson 's end of the table , where the vegetables were served , and then handed them in turn to the guests . |
| 11 | At the other end of the table he could hear Margot Iverson exchanging stately platitudes with Mr Locombe-Stableford . |
| 12 | The first course was on the table when we went into the dining-room . |
| 13 | ‘ The potted shrimps were put on the table by the parlourmaid immediately before the guests entered the dining-room , ’ said Milsom . |
| 14 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |
| 15 | ‘ We ca n't work out how he could have killed his wife while he was sitting at the opposite end of the table , ’ said Constable Bewman näively . |
| 16 | ‘ So there was no need to have anything highly scented or smelling strongly on the table , ’ said Henry at once . |
| 17 | Only the flowers in the vase on the table in front of me seemed real . |
| 18 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 19 | They talked about everything but , mouths moving and laughing with no sound : Jay saw them now as if on film , now from inside her thrilling flesh , looking at Lucy , making her laugh , feeling the thick cream linen napkin , the solid edge of the table . |
| 20 | Lucy read , and between her sudden fascination for the floor tiles , edge of the table cloth , light thru' the wine glasses , Jay shot glances at Lucy , delirious at how small her hands were , how the rings she wore seemed to hold those tiny fingers together , how she longed to touch , kiss and suck those hands , nuzzle the inside of Lucy 's wrists . |
| 21 | ‘ And , ’ she said drily , casting the purple passages over the table like a deck of cards . |
| 22 | Was shaking , in fact , as she put the pages on the table between them . |
| 23 | She zipped her jeans and sauntered back downstairs to the other side of the table from Lucy . |
| 24 | Lucy arranged the contents of a folder on the table and set up a typewriter . |
| 25 | ‘ Have you eaten ? ’ said Lucy , half-way to the table . |
| 26 | Business is bad , love , ’ he said , plonking a flagon of cheap red on the table . |
| 27 | Funny how tongue-tied I feel right now , over the table from you , my love , I feel safest pouring wine . |
| 28 | She put her head on the table and wept . |
| 29 | A huge local family came in as she was drinking coffee , and suddenly there were voices and laughter as they arranged the stately grandmother at the head of the table , the boisterous children banished to the other end . |
| 30 | ‘ Deux Armagnacs , s'il vous plaît ’ said Jay to timmortalshe waiter and they strolled to the table outside the hotel . |