Example sentences of "sat at the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time the pupils did not work in six groups but just sat at the tables as they chose . |
| 2 | They sat at the table . |
| 3 | Then he got pen and writing pad and sat at the table . |
| 4 | The remains of lunch were still on the stained crumb-scattered tablecloth and a woman sat at the table feeding a baby from a bottle . |
| 5 | In any case it would be better if I sat at the table , the light was better there and I should not get lazy . |
| 6 | Sometimes , indeed , we both sat at the table doing our mending or writing letters . |
| 7 | The President sat at the table . |
| 8 | Maggie sat at the table , thinking that she did n't know about the proposed camp but could n't wait to get at the promised bathing facilities . |
| 9 | John slowly rose and sat at the table where he was soon joined by the two women . |
| 10 | Stalin sat at the table , drinking a can of beer . |
| 11 | Lee had risen and moved to where he sat at the table and was showing him the completed unicorn 's head . |
| 12 | He and Mr Fletcher sat at the table and Willie took one of the mugs and perched himself on the stool in front of the range . |
| 13 | They sat at the table in the dining area to eat an absurdly early high tea . |
| 14 | She sat at the table with a shrug , the green eyes troubled . |
| 15 | Hari made tea and sat at the table , her hands curled around the warmth of the cup . |
| 16 | She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done . |
| 17 | She sat at the table , picked up one of the pens , and began work . |
| 18 | In the kitchen Janine sat at the table smoking yet another cigarette . |
| 19 | She sat at the table and counted what she had left . |
| 20 | Children were playing on the green , a wet labrador that had been swimming in the beck was drying out by the village cross , and there was just room amongst the people sat at the table outside the pub for one man and his dog . |
| 21 | For once , sunshine was slanting in ; and Ruth sat at the table , drawing with her finger round the shadow of the coffee cup — then abruptly got up , opened the basement door and went down the steps into the darkness . |
| 22 | She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold . |
| 23 | He sat at the table at the upstairs window , as Montaine used to sit in her room in the smallholding , overlooking a view much like the one she loved over heathland towards the forest . |
| 24 | The raw , rough feeling in his voice was so obvious that Julia forgot all her determined restraint of the previous evening and put her arms around him as he sat at the table , laying her head on his . |
| 25 | She took her early morning tea to the garden , and sat at the table to drink it . |
| 26 | She sat at the table , eating bread and butter . |
| 27 | Ruth sat at the table eating bread and jam . |
| 28 | They had eaten what there was , sitting or standing around ; only Sara sat at the table . |
| 29 | Anna and Sarah sat at the table , and the man stood and watched . |
| 30 | Aunt Bella sat at the table , poring over catalogues , surveying the accounts , calculating . |