Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 2 | I got up from the table . |
| 3 | I walked over to the table and put the book on it . |
| 4 | I believe I gave Joe a bit of a shock when I walked up to the table and played a few shots with him . |
| 5 | He sank back into his chair as Pyke and I walked away from the table , and tossed the whisky down his throat . |
| 6 | Then I looked back at the table . |
| 7 | I reached out across the table to touch him . |
| 8 | I went over to the table , picked up the roses and threw them far out of the window . |
| 9 | I sat down by the table and lifted the pot . |
| 10 | I hurried back to the table and sat down . |
| 11 | I jumped straight off the table and ran through his legs out of the room . |
| 12 | I jumped down from the table , and ran out of the room . |
| 13 | Tilda appeared with a ball of oozing clay in her arms which she flung down on the table . |
| 14 | She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again . |
| 15 | She got up from the table and walked into the conservatory with a bowl of fruit for her macaws . |
| 16 | She got up from the table , the food hardly touched on her plate . |
| 17 | She rose abruptly from the table . |
| 18 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
| 19 | The whistling and clicking of fingers roused Joy 's attention , so collecting her pad then pen she wandered over to the table on the right . |
| 20 | She came back to the table and excused herself . |
| 21 | She ducked down behind the table and emerged with the little box her employer had displayed so proudly , then raked around in the back of a drawer until she came up with a key . |
| 22 | Sheltering it with a hand the colour of yellow smoke , she shuffled across to the table by the far wall and lit the candle . |
| 23 | Barefoot , she moved with the natural sinuousness of her race , and looking beyond her , Loc saw Jacques Devraux lift his eyes momentarily from his plate to follow the swaying movement of her hips as she walked away from the table . |
| 24 | Finally she stepped back from the table to admire her handiwork . |
| 25 | Then she pulled up to the table the kitchen chair upon which Jack had been sitting and sat down , placing her elbows on the table and her head in her hands . |
| 26 | ‘ How dare you threaten me ? ’ she spat out across the table at him . |
| 27 | She looked stonily across the table , telling herself that all she and Edward had to do was get out of here , as soon as possible compatible with the observance of social niceties and the maintenance of civilised behaviour . |
| 28 | She looked down at the table . |
| 29 | She looked down at the table , and then raised her eyes to meet his again , the challenge gone . |
| 30 | She went back to the table and looked at the flowers . |