Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] table [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Variable costs of products [ to the nearest £ ] : Contribution of product Range : It can be seen in the above table that Product A makes a positive contribution of £8,000 and therefore should not be dropped from the company 's produ |
| 2 | Emily hesitated then moved to the scrubbed table and sat down abruptly , her legs shaking so badly it seemed they would n't support her . |
| 3 | Donald McLaggan had gone too far with Flora Stewart , swinging so wildly that the girl flung against the smaller table and fell onto it with her hair in the great bowl of broth . |
| 4 | She glanced at the book-laden table and at the general disarray . |
| 5 | Measurements given in the following tables and graphs for plants of a particular age can refer to plants in different boxes and even different batches . |
| 6 | He does not so much sit as squat upon the rug , kneeled over the low table as though in prayer . |
| 7 | She was also aware of Angel , the Brit-hater , who had n't once eaten at the same table as her since she arrived , who was now riding harder and turning faster than any of the others , urging his pony on with great pelvic thrusts . |
| 8 | It made him feel grown up sitting at the same table as real university students ; engineers and agricultural science students , law or medicine , they had all sat and studied around the Hegarty dining table while young Frank was working for his Intermediate and his Leaving Certificate . |
| 9 | On Sunday , after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting , I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal . |
| 10 | That night in the pub I did n't sit at the same table as the others but moved into the other bar with my pint and newspaper . |
| 11 | Coffee had been brought in a huge white porcelain pot and matching white cups arranged around the white-painted table that stood at the edge of a huge paved terrace overlooking the endless sparkling blue sea . |
| 12 | ‘ Come and have a drink , ’ said Cormack , and they moved into the bar and sat at the fixed tables and watched the glasses slide from rim to rim . |
| 13 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
| 14 | Emily sat at the scrubbed table and the startled look on Letty 's face made her smile ruefully . |
| 15 | For the first time ever , the Heads of State and Government of the United States , Russia , China , France and Britain sat around the same table and pledged themselves , with the other members of the council , to collective security , to international law and to our commitments under the United Nations ' charter . |