Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the [adj] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | The banquet began with the usual mumbo-jumbo , except the cardinal dined alone at the high table under a rich cloth of state , his fat body almost hidden by platters of heaped delicacies , whilst all around him stood serving men to refill his goblet , replenish napkins or offer a fresh knife . |
| 2 | MacAirth squinted down at the wine-stained table and muttered to himself . |
| 3 | England 's bid succeeded yesterday at the European Table Tennis Union Congress in Stuttgart , beating off a strong challenge from Croatia . |
| 4 | Ingram looked doubtfully at the long table , rocking up and down like a lugger in a gale . |
| 5 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 6 | The masked figure stepped ponderously off the dais , sat down at the baize-covered table and indicated with a gloved hand that I should join him . |
| 7 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 8 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
| 9 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |
| 10 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
| 11 | At last , at dinner one evening , the conversations and laughter died away raggedly as Duart stood up at the high table and raised his hand . |
| 12 | I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table . |