Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] on the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clinton put his goblet down on the table , bade us good night and walked softly away . |
| 2 | In the pubs the bar staff put the chairs upside down on the tables and shouted , ‘ Hurry up now , please , thank you . ’ |
| 3 | If a Burton man turned his empty beer-pot upside down on the table they knew there was going to be trouble . |
| 4 | Steve put his uneaten sandwich down on the table . |
| 5 | The young woman put the tray down on the table beside the bed and began gathering up the books and papers off the bedspread . |
| 6 | He set the tray down on the table and she identified the predictable ingredients : coffee in a bowl and a hunk of bread smeared with honey . |
| 7 | He glanced at her as she set the tray down on the table between them , then frowned , seeing how Karr was staring at her . |
| 8 | She put his tea down on the table in the lounge , sought out the Scotch and set it beside the cup . |
| 9 | Putting the telephone down on the table , she turned to Joanna . |
| 10 | He banged his fist down on the table and glared at Kellerman . |
| 11 | He had brought his fist down on the table , leant forward and , speaking quietly , as if swearing an oath , had promised , ‘ There 'll be lots of men in this war , and there 'll be money too . |
| 12 | She bangs her fist down on the table , and pitches forward and cries . |
| 13 | He smashed his fist down on the table . |
| 14 | Tamsin puts her feet up on the table and asks why not . |
| 15 | And he , and I remember ah , er er , I mean I was only , well I was sort of and he had his feet up on the table , he was smoking a cigarette and he , and he had a laid back attitude . |
| 16 | Thus , while the state attempted to monopolize such discussion as took place — for example when the ‘ neutral ’ forum for discussion at the VEC seminar was turned by the authorities into a reassurance session — this was resisted locally by successful intervention and contestation at the VEC seminar both by an outside speaker and by DUC activists , and by forcing the issue back on the table for discussion at the local authority level . |
| 17 | He reached for the phone , placing the folder back on the table . |
| 18 | He put the can back on the table , placing his free hand across the top of it for a moment ; then he took the mug over to the couch and , handing it to her , said , ‘ You know that is n't true . |
| 19 | I covered my face and the girl came and put the wine down on the table . |
| 20 | That one 's Keith 's and that one 's now listen carefully cos before we start we need to talk about something , just put your things down on the table alright ? |
| 21 | She came into the room , setting the drink down on the table , then went across to the woman , taking the bundle from her and setting it back in the cot . |
| 22 | DeVore set his drink down on the table at his side , then took a small device from his pocket and handed it across . |
| 23 | Then she put her head down on the table and wept unrestrainedly , the feathers of her hat dipping unnoticed into his coffee . |
| 24 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
| 25 | Triumphant , he threw the evidence down on the table beside the body , then stepped away from his handiwork , chucking the knife into the wound it had opened . |
| 26 | Athelstan put his blackjack down on the table . |
| 27 | She laid the things out on the table , along with a decanter of brandy and some glasses , then took her leave as Jake told her , ‘ Thanks , Nettie . |
| 28 | Fran smoothed her notes out on the table , willing her hands to stay still when every bit of her was shaking . |
| 29 | He had then put the bottle of whisky out on the table , in the hope that after a couple of shots , Pat Milligan 's rage would abate , and they could talk instead about the Red Sox 's chances in next week 's match against the New York Giants . |
| 30 | Oh yeah there was lots of foreigners , Americans and foreign people there all with maps out on the tables , trying to find their way round York , which I knew that Stuart knew so it was n't too bad for us , but there 's loads of people , you know thought how do we get to this from here and well it 's certainly a a an experience . |