Example sentences of "set the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are serious about this , it is time to set the tables for breakfast . ’ |
| 2 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 3 | For most applications , you can use a try square to set the table at 90° , but the table can be angled downwards and locked for sanding angles down to 45° . |
| 4 | They began to set the table , growing relaxed and easy , enjoying the formality of the room , when Moran came in again from the fields . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes please , Martine — to set the table . ’ |
| 6 | Yorick ‘ wont to set the table on a roar ’ , BH 32 . |
| 7 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |
| 8 | I 'll go and set the table . ’ |
| 9 | She would set the table with the best glass and cutlery she could lay her hands on , and her meals always had something a little different about them . |
| 10 | Richard , you 've got ta set the table . |
| 11 | Please can you set the table ? |
| 12 | How many shall I set the table for ? |
| 13 | Will you come and set the table for me . |
| 14 | Set the tables and check that they are set correctly , neatly and attractively . |
| 15 | Set the table . |
| 16 | CHOOSE plates , cutlery and crystal and set the table if practical , leaving all the glasses upside down . |
| 17 | Albert , take Carrie to fetch the goose while I set the table . ’ |
| 18 | Set the table , if it 's not beneath your dignity . ’ |
| 19 | Set the table which was unset , so I set it again . |
| 20 | set the table ? |
| 21 | I set the table but I forgot about the water . |
| 22 | I set the table . |
| 23 | A soft November swell has set the tables rattling metallically at one another across the bar . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've set the table outside on the terrace , ’ Fernando told her , stepping through from the kitchen beyond . |
| 25 | Emil and his crew , including me , immediately began setting the tables round the passengers for dinner , and were soon serving warm goat 's cheese and radicchio salads followed by circles of rare Chateaubriand with snow peas and matchstick carrots and finally rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream and nuts . |
| 26 | The servants setting the tables ready for supper were summarily dismissed . |
| 27 | When she got down again her mother was setting the table for high tea ; Clara , mutely . |
| 28 | ‘ She told me she always put the most beautiful girls next to Bernard when setting the table for a party , and that I should do the same , because you want to give the best to the man you love . ’ |
| 29 | Setting the table |
| 30 | She set the table and began breakfast . |