Example sentences of "[verb] at the table [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie , still in her pyjamas , was sitting slumped at the table that took up most of the floor space : you had to squeeze round it to move about at all in the tiny kitchen , and Marie 's legs had permanent bruises from its sharp comers . |
| 2 | Shivering at the table and peering down at the paper under the stumpy candle I allowed myself to wander off the straight path through the dark trees . |
| 3 | ‘ It ca n't be that time , ’ she said , bounding up , only to clutch at the table as her head started up again . |
| 4 | The child also needs to learn that food is only offered at the table or in the high-chair . |
| 5 | bottle and erm they used to queue at the table that for the |
| 6 | Artai was staring at the table as he spoke . |
| 7 | In such cases it is important for food only to be given when the child is seated at the table or in the high-chair . |
| 8 | The man who had opened the door looked at the two men seated at the table and said , ‘ This dame here says she knows about wor Robbie ; she says he 's in hospital . |
| 9 | Do n't rush off just yet if you 're having your lunch , stay at the table and erm let it go down . |
| 10 | She looked at the table and nodded . |
| 11 | defiance of house rules ( e.g. breaking rules about playing with matches , about not switching on the TV before the children 's programmes begin , about sitting at the table until the meal is finished , or about not taking food out of the fridge without permission ) ; |
| 12 | Simple reward charts can be used to reinforce either sitting at the table or finishing a meal for the 3-year-old and older . |
| 13 | He was sitting at the table and staring ahead of him with a dark , brooding expression . |
| 14 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 15 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 16 | The child who refuses to sit at the table or in a high chair These children may be showing specific food-related problems or the difficulty may be part of a much wider behavioural and emotional problem . |
| 17 | Hyperactive and overactive young children often can not concentrate long enough to sit at the table and so teaching this is a very important part of learning to control them generally . |
| 18 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
| 19 | come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away |
| 20 | Can I go and sit at the table cos my tea 's there . |
| 21 | I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers . |
| 22 | But no one has said that you can not sit at the table and talk to your family , even if you choose not to eat . |
| 23 | You can sit at the table and do them . |
| 24 | Do you want to go and get your aeroplane , cos I can sit at the table and colour with one hand , and make aeroplanes with the other . |
| 25 | He pointed at the table and the waiter nodded . |
| 26 | For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose . |
| 27 | Lee had risen and moved to where he sat at the table and was showing him the completed unicorn 's head . |
| 28 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 29 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 30 | She sat at the table and counted what she had left . |