Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the table " in BNC.

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1	Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table .
2	She tied a big red-and-white-striped drying-up cloth around each of their waists and made them kneel up to the table on chairs .
3	When an English-speaker went into the foyer of the regiment , a NAAFI-style canteen where you could buy beer , cigarettes , sweets and memorabilia , he would head over to the table where the Mafia was sitting .
4	To her credit , she tried very hard not to even once look over at the table , though she was being subjected to the constant tinkle of happy laughter , which made her think Matthew must be at his witty best .
5	I did n't simply black out at the table , oh no .
6	Thankfully none of them will end up on the table .
7	Would you get down off the table please .
8	Please may I get down from the table ?
9	Please may I get down from the table ?
10	Please may I get down from the table ?
11	It almost seemed for a moment as if he would come over to the table and speak , but then he turned away , looking rather puzzled and began to order his tea .
12	If she had the sense she 'd been born with she 'd get up from the table right now , wish him a polite good evening , and scuttle back to the safety of the dressing-room , there to make a pledge never to risk being in his company again .
13	Do n't get up from the table before that .
14	He said : ‘ I very much hope we can get back to the table .
15	Mr Gummer said : ‘ I very much hope we can get back to the table .
16	‘ We do not leap on to the table for our food .
17	‘ Do sit down at the table , ’ she said to the rude young man .
18	If one did not sit down at the table there would be a gap , an empty space that would spoil the symmetry of the host 's table .
19	And eventually they told us to go upstairs and sit down at the table .
20	Can you sit up at the table then ?

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