Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sank back into his chair as Pyke and I walked away from the table , and tossed the whisky down his throat . |
| 2 | I jumped straight off the table and ran through his legs out of the room . |
| 3 | She rose abruptly from the table . |
| 4 | Sheltering it with a hand the colour of yellow smoke , she shuffled across to the table by the far wall and lit the candle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Pressing her foot against his , she leaned forward across the table . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish I were you , ’ Alexandra said , ‘ I wish I were a mouse , ’ and then , drawn inexorably , she leaned forward across the table and looked down through the closed window at her mother 's upturned face below . |
| 9 | Picking up the jug of custard , he walked across to the table and tipped it , steadily and deliberately . |
| 10 | Then , with a final black glance at her , he stepped away from the table and swept like a tornado through the dining-room door . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said at last and he glanced across at the table . |
| 12 | He bowed forward over the table . |
| 13 | Fagin then locked the door and from a hidden hole in the floor , he took out a small box , which he placed carefully on the table . |
| 14 | He reached abruptly across the table and placed one hand over hers . |
| 15 | He leant forward on the table , emphasising the points with a thin finger . |
| 16 | He leant earnestly across the table . |
| 17 | He leant right across the table now , to push Annie 's spoon back to her , and Carolyn put down the apple she was peeling to stroke the hollow in the back of his neck . |
| 18 | Yeah , and it went all over the table ! |
| 19 | He strode away from the table and paused at the door . |
| 20 | He looked covertly across the table at her , at the vital face , the dark eyes , the generous , amused mouth , the blue-black hair loosely knotted on to the crown of her head , so that curls and tendrils clung around the perfect oval of her face . |
| 21 | He looked thoughtfully over the table . |
| 22 | He looked enquiringly across the table at Sergeant Allen . |
| 23 | He smiled benignly around the table , a bit like Scrooge on Christmas Day , revelling in the joy of the Cratchits . |
| 24 | He leaned forward across the table , staring intently at Gerry . |
| 25 | She glanced up at Edouard , as he leaned forward across the table to make some point : the thick black hair , the sharply etched features , the incisiveness with which he always spoke . |
| 26 | He leaned forward across the table , fixing Preston with eager gaze . |
| 27 | He leaned closer across the table . |
| 28 | He leaned heavily against the table . |
| 29 | He pushed away from the table as he had the previous night when he had lost his temper . |
| 30 | He looked , little doubt of it , considerably relieved , but clearly there was something on his mind , for he stood hesitantly beside the table , his eyes scouting around for some object upon which to focus . |