Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] at [art] table " in BNC.

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1 Then I looked at the table .
2 I sat at a table in the window and drank a filtre .
3 In any case it would be better if I sat at the table , the light was better there and I should not get lazy .
4 I sat at the table we used to use and tried to think what I really believed .
5 She gestured at the table .
6 They remained a week in the Ottoman capital , by no means long enough for Miss Logan to become accustomed to the coarse stares she received at the table d'hôte .
7 She looked at the table and nodded .
8 She sat at a table while he went to get their lager and ploughman 's lunches .
9 She sat at the table with a shrug , the green eyes troubled .
10 She sat at the table and painstakingly wrote down the sums of money that should have come in for the work already done .
11 She sat at the table , picked up one of the pens , and began work .
12 She sat at the table and counted what she had left .
13 She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold .
14 She sat at the table , eating bread and butter .
15 Well , that makes two of us , Hilary thought with a little smile as she sat at the table .
16 My Pete said , my Pete said do you mind that we sat at the table , I said yeah , that 's , that 's , that 's a
17 ‘ A man spoke to me in the graveyard , ’ Ruth announced , as they ate at the table .
18 Further along the village another house used to be the ‘ cookhouse ’ and game room for them — the meals must have been cold by the time they arrived at the table of Londesborough Lodge !
19 They rushed at the table from all sides , scrambling over stools , jumping down from top bunks like pigeons clattering down for crumbs .
20 They sat at a table in the corner of the restaurant .
21 They had cups of sweet milky tea and they sat at a table .
22 They sat at a table covered with a checked tablecloth and tiles clicked underfoot ( Mummy brought back the tiles from Spain ) , and there was a big , brick fireplace with horse-brasses and copper pans and the boiler in the middle for the central heating , where there should have been a huge fire .
23 Inside the bar they descended again into the dining alcove , and they sat at a table by a small-paned window which was back on a level with the path outside .
24 They sat at a table in front of her , and talked quietly .
25 They sat at a table and looked down at the lights of the shipping in the Tagus .
26 They sat at the table .
27 They sat at the table in the dining area to eat an absurdly early high tea .
28 He scowled at the table .
29 He stared at the table as if he were talking to himself .
30 I only wanted — ’ He stared at the table .
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