Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at [art] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | They invited them to sit at a table and were joined by an unusually tall , thin man who was extraordinarily blonde for his age which was thirty to thirtyfive . |
| 2 | Like a host in some cheerful tavern , he told them to tether their horses and ushered them in , asking them to sit at the table and wait while he finished his business in his own secret chamber . |
| 3 | Gordon and I sit at a table as the old snowys sup their milk stouts and get ready to cross the road to the theatre , where several stars of television are about to perform the fabulous musical My Fair Lady . |
| 4 | The duvet symbolizes the whole wretchedness of leaving , so I slump at the table , pulling a long face and blowing ripples in the surface of my coffee which has grown cold anyway . |
| 5 | Then I looked at the table . |
| 6 | I sat at a table in the window and drank a filtre . |
| 7 | In any case it would be better if I sat at the table , the light was better there and I should not get lazy . |
| 8 | I sat at the table we used to use and tried to think what I really believed . |
| 9 | She sits at the table and smiles , asking firmly for a solo-brandy and coke in separate glasses . |
| 10 | She gestured at the table . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And if you look at the table one . |
| 13 | She looked at the table and nodded . |
| 14 | She sat at a table while he went to get their lager and ploughman 's lunches . |
| 15 | She sat at the table with a shrug , the green eyes troubled . |
| 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 | She sat at the table and counted what she had left . |
| 19 | She did n't know how long she sat at the table , letting her coffee go cold . |
| 20 | She sat at the table , eating bread and butter . |
| 21 | Well , that makes two of us , Hilary thought with a little smile as she sat at the table . |
| 22 | We sit at the table for the read-through , which is efficient but lifeless . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | On opening the door , Derek saw two of them drinking at a table . |
| 25 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 26 | No doubt they sit at the table , plotting and planning , making arrangements . |
| 27 | ‘ A man spoke to me in the graveyard , ’ Ruth announced , as they ate at the table . |
| 28 | Half an hour later the sister had her organized at a table in the day room , with writing paper and pen and a cup of sugary tea . |
| 29 | 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 ! |
| 30 | They rushed at the table from all sides , scrambling over stools , jumping down from top bunks like pigeons clattering down for crumbs . |