Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | MacAirth squinted down at the wine-stained table and muttered to himself . |
| 2 | But one way or another , somebody came up with the full table d'hôte : safe havens , roadnames and the paperwork to back them up . |
| 3 | Rachaela did as she was told , and came out to the examining table , very white with something on it like a large paper towel . |
| 4 | She looked over at the long table . |
| 5 | She went over to the round table in the middle of the room , moved The Field and Country Life into slightly different positions , concealed the one ashtray to discourage smoking , and went down the passage to see if her brother was ready . |
| 6 | Her daughter wiped her clean , and then went over to the little table and turned on the portable television . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 9 | He sat down at the old table by the window and put a new sheet of paper into the typewriter . |
| 10 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |
| 11 | I sat down at the little table , as well I might . |
| 12 | 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 . |