Example sentences of "sit at the table " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | Donna looked at him again , wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man . |
| 32 | Farrell was sitting at the table in the room , thumbing 9mm bullets into two magazines for the UZI . |
| 33 | When she came downstairs Betty was sitting at the table . |
| 34 | She walked into the kitchen and Phil was sitting at the table . |
| 35 | She was sitting at the table , her fingers clasped beneath her chin . |
| 36 | Rachaela had explained to Ruth about her periods , sitting at the table with her while Ruth drew , asking if she understood . |
| 37 | When the flat door opened , Rachaela was sitting at the table . |
| 38 | Ruth poured cornflakes and milk , and ate them sitting at the table where Rachaela drank her coffee . |
| 39 | He was in the living-room of his own flat , sitting at the table he used for working . |
| 40 | It could have been any Yorkshire farmhouse kitchen , except that there was no sign of cooking , and no farmer sitting at the table . |
| 41 | The woman sitting at the table made no attempt to help him . |
| 42 | By the time she reached the bottom he had the saloon deck hatch open and was sitting at the table . |
| 43 | Peter had been sitting at the table on which there was a mug of tea and a brightly coloured magazine . |
| 44 | Agnes was sitting at the table munching bacon and eggs under a bright neon light . |
| 45 | He was sitting at the table and staring ahead of him with a dark , brooding expression . |
| 46 | She was sitting at the table with her back to me as I approached , concentrating on something in her hand . |
| 47 | Sitting at the table one evening next to Astrid 's mum , Peg , from Massachusetts , he opened up , as one sometimes can , to an interested stranger and spoke for hours about the old days and about his condition and his feelings . |
| 48 | He looked at her derisively and left her to it , drinking the coffee he had made and sitting at the table . |
| 49 | Everywhere he went in the tiny house he saw her : sitting at the table , sewing , on her knees , blackleading the grate , laughing at him as she handed him his cup of tea or coffee , and holding up the doll she had dressed for him to admire . |
| 50 | That same evening , after dark , Seb was sitting at the table in Fern Cottage , working by the light of a lamp . |
| 51 | The only occupants of the room were a couple of young men who were sitting at the table , smoking Turkish cigarettes . |
| 52 | They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph , nibbling toast . |
| 53 | But he was still haunted by the scene the girl had conjured up : the old man in that bright little kitchen with its ramshackle fittings and earthenware sink : holding her , kissing her lips and her hair ; then sitting at the table , questioning her , promising to leave her some money , and finally , as a parting shot , telling her casually that her father and her aunt had both been illegitimate … |
| 54 | and when ever anybody talks of fish it 's just me sitting at the table from dinner time and then she |
| 55 | I wonder if they charge the same prices for their take away as for sitting at the table . |
| 56 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 57 | [ He sits at the table . ] |
| 58 | He comes to the bar and sits at the table there by the tree . ’ |
| 59 | It was ready now , waiting for John to sit at the table . |
| 60 | The light was fading on the walls of the Imperial city ; I gave it one last look and came , reluctantly , to sit at the table . |