Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun sg] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she happened to bump into Lexy one day , it would do no harm to relieve her curiosity by some subtle questioning , but she had already established , by listening at the dinner table , that her supposed ‘ rival ’ was not among those present . |
| 2 | Instead , Robson settles for looking at the League table . |
| 3 | No Swindon fan likes looking at the league table just now but the Hammers have lost their last two and let in seven goals |
| 4 | JOHN KING steered Tranmere to a new high on Saturday but revealed ‘ I 'm still not looking at the league table . ’ |
| 5 | They tend perhaps just to lack that real killer instinct and erm it 's such a great shame because people might laugh and joke looking at the league table , in fact United , since Christmas , have played some very good football indeed . |
| 6 | She recognized all the people she 'd seen at the dinner table in the Llandogger Trow and at the Frolic . |
| 7 | If we look at the summary table P S O two , and sticking column two , gives us annual average building rates for nineteen eighty one , ninety three . |
| 8 | ‘ I will look at the league table in the morning to put it all into perspective . |
| 9 | Next morning Doreen arrived at the breakfast table , her attire indicating she was ready to join the horse trek . |
| 10 | Just as the smell of a ripe Camembert is only mouthwatering at the dinner table , the attraction of female odours is likely to depend on their context . |
| 11 | This was a conversation overheard at the lunch table : |
| 12 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
| 13 | Laura was ironing at the kitchen table , John sitting at the other end of the table with a bottle and glass in front of him . |
| 14 | With your stomach nicely fibre-full from other meals you should not , at least , arrive at the restaurant table like a ravenous wolf . |
| 15 | There were so many people in the room that you could not pass a needle between them , so how it was that the Gypsy Kings , carrying large musical instruments and followed by a television crew , came to arrive at the dinner table unmaimed , must remain a mystery for ever . |
| 16 | Seated at the breakfast table in her pink wool robe , Shiona felt a blush rise to her cheeks . |
| 17 | Seated at the kitchen table , he began the long , tedious task of hacksawing all but eight inches off the barrels of the President 's twelve-gauge . |
| 18 | So she hurried downstairs to fix herself some breakfast — and almost stopped in her tracks at the sight of the figure who was seated at the kitchen table . |
| 19 | She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table . |
| 20 | I point at the dressing table with a finger like a ruler . |
| 21 | Scarlet , left alone in the house , looked at the breakfast table in horrified disgust : this feeling had first started some time before — she could n't remember when — as boredom . |
| 22 | It was not unusual for topics such as mating to be discussed at the breakfast table despite Cora-Beth 's presence ! |
| 23 | Slumping at the kitchen table , she stared blankly ahead of her . |
| 24 | The teacher was sitting at the pastry table with several children . |
| 25 | When sitting at the breakfast table you may not actually measure the distance between your hand and the coffee cup , but you seldom miss . |
| 26 | She threw her arms around Piers where he was sitting at the breakfast table , and nipped his neck with her teeth . |
| 27 | She had expected to find them both still in bed , and was surprised by the noises from the kitchen , but she poked her head round the door and saw Maggie sitting at the kitchen table eating Weetabix in a reassuringly healthy way . |
| 28 | Meanwhile Maggie stayed sitting at the kitchen table . |
| 29 | He was sitting at the kitchen table , wearing one of Buddie 's shirts and sipping cocoa from a large cup , when his nanny , Buddie 's mam , arrived at the house . |
| 30 | So he was sitting at the kitchen table eating his plate of beans when Donald walked in . |