Example sentences of "[verb] at the table [conj] [verb] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | She looked at the table and nodded . |
| 5 | Simple reward charts can be used to reinforce either sitting at the table or finishing a meal for the 3-year-old and older . |
| 6 | He was sitting at the table and staring ahead of him with a dark , brooding expression . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | come and sit at the table and wait , come on , put those away |
| 9 | You can sit at the table and do them . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She sat at the table and counted what she had left . |
| 12 | Mum sat at the table and pushed the grey hair back from her eyes . |