Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the table [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This depends partly on how " cluttered " the table is and also on pupils ' familiarity with the subject of the data. ) — interpretative requirements ; ( Any differences between the questions asked about the table and the labelling of the table 's headings appear to reduce success rates . |
| 2 | It tried to jump off the table and had to be held firmly so that Sophie could freeze the surrounding area before lancing it . |
| 3 | It stopped near the table and bowed , putting its small gloved hands into the opposing cuffs of its robe . |
| 4 | The white queen rolled under the table and was not found for several weeks . |
| 5 | Now according to forensic it looks as if the explosion was set off by two sticks of gelignite and a couple of detonators trapped under the table and wired into the lamp that stood , as it were , beside the chairman 's right hand . |
| 6 | Assume it 's okay , ’ and she rose from the table and went upstairs . |
| 7 | At one point , Joan rose from the table and went to the ladies ' room . |
| 8 | Of a sudden Aggie rose from the table and left the room , and the smile slid slowly from Millie 's face and she looked at the funny young man , as she thought of him , and said , ‘ Is she vexed ? ’ |
| 9 | A faint wash of colour rose under her skin and she rose from the table and walked to the counter . |
| 10 | He rose from the table and gathered up his belongings , leaving the last two chips for Mrs Shorrocks . |
| 11 | He smiled slowly at her , standing up to come round the table and pull her gently to her feet and into his arms . |
| 12 | The indices for rarer species , and the nocturnal ones such as owls , have been omitted from the tables because the figures give little useful information compared to those in the general records of the Society . |
| 13 | They can write at home , they can write after school , they can read it to each other and I think this is tremendous benefit where they 're open with each other too and can discuss round the table and evaluate their own work . |
| 14 | Doing stupid things like walking round the tables and counting all the time and things like that . ’ |
| 15 | You remember in France , the er they made you where we kept walking round the table and er she sa , anyway said er fish soup ? |
| 16 | Luke moved round the table and came closer , so that she had to tilt her head to look up into his face , and that — and only that ! — increased the whirling inside her head . |
| 17 | He laid the thin little thing down close to the blazing fire , and he moved to the table and poured milk and wine into a cup , and sliced bread and meat . |
| 18 | I replied that we were studying and writing , a fact that was obvious from the books , dictionaries and papers scattered over the table and the bed . |
| 19 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 20 | ‘ Well ’ Peggy drained her glass before walking to the table and placing it in the tray , and her back to her mother , she , said , ‘ When one is an executive one must act like an executive , must n't one ? ’ |
| 21 | Father Reynard placed both bands on the table and bowed his head . |
| 22 | Permit me to rap on the table and murmur ‘ Pass ! ’ |
| 23 | I mean I w when I was dropping dead with exhaustion one evening I said to him look Tony , the there 's I 've cooked a chicken , there 's a big chicken cooling on the table and there there were red sauce , potatoes , gravy , I said , stick the lot on a plate a micro and , you know , film it over , microwave it oh well I sha n't bother to eat anything now of course he was paying me for his food |
| 24 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 25 | She stopped by the table and pressed a carved and gilded flower head . |
| 26 | They were bare and shabby and if it had not been for the pretty yellow cloths she had made for the tables and the yellow and orange cushions she had covered for the chairs and the blue vase full of roses she had asked Maria to place on the chest of drawers , then they would have been dismal indeed . |
| 27 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 28 | He strolled towards the table and helped himself to a biscuit off Ari 's plate . |
| 29 | Philippa started looking under the table and lifted the edge of the carpet , rather desperately . |
| 30 | Harry now stood looking along the table as he added thoughtfully , ‘ It would be awful if he did , would n't it ? ’ |