Example sentences of "sat at the head " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat at the head of the table and was served by kneeling courtiers such as might have attended a real prince . |
| 2 | Peg sat at the head of the table . |
| 3 | He sat at the head of the table carefully scrutinising the document in front of him as if it were a religious text which he had to examine for scriptural errors . |
| 4 | ‘ We sat at the head table … . |
| 5 | At dinner in the evenings , she and Stephen sat at the head and foot of the long dining table , with his mother between them , ignoring Tamar and monopolising her son 's attention . |
| 6 | Dr John Foley sat at the head of the table , and looked at his five sons . |
| 7 | Lamprey , not noticeably ageing , sat at the head , his report spread out before him . |
| 8 | The president sat at the head of the long mahogany table . |
| 9 | Alice made coffee , set around the mugs , and sat at the head of the table . |
| 10 | Gerard the butler sat at the head of the table , facing Mrs James , the cook , while the two maids , Jane and Sarah , sat beside her . |
| 11 | He sat at the head of the table in his white shirt , beautifully washed by Giovanna , with a silk scarf knotted at the neck , looking handsome and quizzical as he drank Chianti and told the girls about his less lurid divorce cases and more eccentric clients . |
| 12 | Frick sat at the head of the long table , in his rightful place as their leader . |
| 13 | Queen Margaret sat at the head of the cracked , dangerously shaky table whilst Catesby ordered benches to be brought in for the rest . |
| 14 | Guthrie Hepwood sat at the head of the table with Leith seated on his right , and with Naylor next to her . |