Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at a table " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub . |
| 2 | The following day , at ten thirty in the morning , Sandison was sitting nervously at a table outside a café near Piazza Vanvitelli in the Vomero district . |
| 3 | ‘ There is research to be done , ’ Dury said , sitting down at a table strewn with photocopies from obscure-looking reference books . |
| 4 | By the time he felt able to add sound effects , Jenny was sitting down at a table with two girls and three youths . |
| 5 | Jean Coulter and her friend had arrived early and were sitting quietly at a table with a good view of the room when , about half-pasteight , Joan and Derek entered the hotel , having left John outside in the taxi . |
| 6 | He would sit down at a table , take a sheet of writing paper , and discharge himself into me . |
| 7 | They may sit down at a table to chat to a friend . |
| 8 | He must sit upright at a table to eat his meals : he can not eat off a tray sitting in bed or an easy chair . |
| 9 | He sat down at a table of one of the outdoor cafés in the square and ordered a glass of wine . |
| 10 | We sat down at a table and he poured me out some tea . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I hope we are going to find a bit more life than this , ’ grunted Billy , as they sat down at a table near the gas fire . |
| 12 | The canteen at TV London was largely deserted at half past ten the next morning when Dexter and Blanche sat down at a table in the corner of the self-service section . |
| 13 | They sat outside at a table overlooking the bay , with the twinkling lights of the harbour beyond , the big yachts and the smaller boats bobbing at anchor in the moonlight . |
| 14 | Tuppe sat dejectedly at a table by the door . |