Example sentences of "on a table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cutting tenons on a table saw . |
| 2 | Within seconds of his return , Jessie launched a vicious attack on a table lamp , popping the bulb and wrecking the shade before charging into the lounge . |
| 3 | At one point , half the company are banging rhythmically on a table like kids at a tea party . |
| 4 | His eye fell on a set of chessmen ranged on a table in a far corner . |
| 5 | If you are laying your cocktail party nibbles out on a table that the guests will see , it is a very good idea to have a centre-piece , to give a focal point to the display and some height as most nibbles are small and therefore low . |
| 6 | The large room was lit by a paraffin lamp on a table . |
| 7 | She took me to a corner where a miniature chest stood on a table . |
| 8 | If we can be reasonably confident about what the world is like , it is because our different perceptions , and the perceptions of different people , are consistent , and , most important , because if we test our perceptions they are usually confirmed : if I see a pile of books on a table , then there are tangible books - when I walk over to them . |
| 9 | Beside it on a table burned a candle , the source of the light they had seen from the garden . |
| 10 | When they played cricket and other games in Calcutta their arms were placed on a table under a guard on the edge of the playing field , ready for instant action . |
| 11 | ‘ A monkey came in and perched on a table . |
| 12 | Drinks being poured , a plastic cup crumpling , someone beating a fingertip tattoo on a table . |
| 13 | They understood faith to be an assent of the mind as agreeable to reason as assenting to the existence of objects on a table . |
| 14 | An analogy which would better express Aquinas ' view compares the universe to a number of objects , say a pile of books on a table . |
| 15 | One of Modigliani 's stone heads was on a table below the painting of Picasso and the contrast between the true thing and the true-to-life thing nearly split me . |
| 16 | 1 small twentieth-century ornamental dinner plate with picture of Scarborough Beach ( this is optional , actually , but I always find it adds spice to a tour of a house if , when interest is flagging , you quietly get it out and prop it up on a table and then say innocently to an attendant : ‘ What 's the story behind that plate ? ’ and then wait to see what sort of explanation is invented by someone who has never seen it in his or her life before ) |
| 17 | Place several dishes of jelly on a table and rhythmically shake the edge . |
| 18 | Having made this announcement , my employer put his volumes down on a table , seated himself on the chaise-longue , and stretched out his legs . |
| 19 | On a table in the hall was a pile of letters , addressed to officers who might be dead , or in prison camps , or coming back at any moment … . |
| 20 | You must agree that you need talent and persona to wait on a table and wit , tact and conversation to serve at a bar . |
| 21 | As a preparation for standing , the physiotherapist may place a large gymnastic ball on a table or second plinth in front of the patient . |
| 22 | Then the patient 's arms are placed on a table in front of him with the hands flat and fingers spread open . |
| 23 | He may use a gymnastics ball , resting on a table , to practise trunk movements , as he has done during his treatment sessions . |
| 24 | Hot food and drinks should not be placed on a table where there is an overhanging tablecloth ; in a second , a scalding accident can occur if a child pulls on the over-hanging end of the cloth . |
| 25 | On a table in the living room they found a letter addressed to me . |
| 26 | Fig.15 During an Alexander Lesson , you may be asked to lie on a table while the teacher moves your limbs . |
| 27 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 28 | The little tree stood by itself on a table in the centre of the room . |
| 29 | Annie and Sheila perched side by side on a high window-sill , their feet resting on a table on which three other women sat . |
| 30 | But it is n't customary to stand any dish of porridge on a table out of reach . ’ |