Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [noun] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next morning Lucy found herself seated alone at the corner table , and when Jean brought her breakfast she learnt that Silas and Matt had left earlier to help the farm manager move cattle into different fields . |
| 2 | Sally-Anne 's own preserve was the kitchen , where she ate either at the kitchen table , or , when that was full , at a small card table which was folded up and put away when she had finished . |
| 3 | Feeling a wave of dizziness , she slumped defeatedly at the kitchen table . |
| 4 | I settled down at the kitchen table with a jug of fresh orange juice , a bowl of fruit at my elbow , and the newspapers before me . |
| 5 | She went into the living room where she settled down at the dining table to mark compositions . |
| 6 | Then she settled down at the dining-room table with her book purchases , which she had picked at random from the shelves of Tollemarche 's only book store and from the racks of one of the cigar stores . |
| 7 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
| 8 | Penelope sat down at the dressing table and tried to do something to her hair . |
| 9 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 10 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 11 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 12 | His Dad sat down at the kitchen table with the paper . |
| 13 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 14 | She slammed the boot down , with a cry of ‘ God Almighty ! ’ and ran indoors , where she sat down at the kitchen table and beat her fists against the wood , with anger , with frustration , with a sudden , desperate concern for Nick . |
| 15 | When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still . |
| 16 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 17 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 18 | When she had finished , she sat down at the kitchen table with the envelope Tracey had given her the night before . |
| 19 | I sat down at the kitchen table to watch Mrs Clamp work . |
| 20 | Peggy sat down at the kitchen table and looked at the mail . |
| 21 | After Janice had gone Shiona went back inside and sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of strong black coffee . |
| 22 | Dumping her bags in the bedroom , she sat down at the kitchen table and began to sift lethargically through the pile of accumulated mail , from time to time eyeing the phone in the hall . |
| 23 | When Thomas was contentedly playing with his cars , Ashley sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 24 | After he had gone , I sat back at the pub table . |
| 25 | She sat again at the dinner table and saw in the candlelight Hilary Robarts 's dark , discontented eyes staring intently at Alex Mair ; watched the planes of Miles Lessingham 's face fitfully lit by the leaping flames of the fire , saw his long-fingered hands reaching down for the bottle of claret , heard again that measured rather high voice speaking the unspeakable . |
| 26 | At breakfast time Matilda sat quietly at the dining-room table eating her cornflakes . |