Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [noun] table " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he was he would sit down at the negotiating table with us . ’ |
| 2 | He had actually slumped down at the breakfast table before he became aware of Kelly 's presence . |
| 3 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 4 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 5 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 6 | His Dad sat down at the kitchen table with the paper . |
| 7 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 8 | She slammed the boot down , with a cry of ‘ God Almighty ! ’ and ran indoors , where she sat down at the kitchen table and beat her fists against the wood , with anger , with frustration , with a sudden , desperate concern for Nick . |
| 9 | I settled down at the kitchen table with a jug of fresh orange juice , a bowl of fruit at my elbow , and the newspapers before me . |
| 10 | When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still . |
| 11 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 12 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 13 | When she had finished , she sat down at the kitchen table with the envelope Tracey had given her the night before . |
| 14 | I sat down at the kitchen table to watch Mrs Clamp work . |
| 15 | Peggy sat down at the kitchen table and looked at the mail . |
| 16 | After Janice had gone Shiona went back inside and sat down at the kitchen table with a cup of strong black coffee . |
| 17 | Dumping her bags in the bedroom , she sat down at the kitchen table and began to sift lethargically through the pile of accumulated mail , from time to time eyeing the phone in the hall . |
| 18 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 19 | When Thomas was contentedly playing with his cars , Ashley sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 20 | Penelope sat down at the dressing table and tried to do something to her hair . |
| 21 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
| 22 | Then she settled down at the dining-room table with her book purchases , which she had picked at random from the shelves of Tollemarche 's only book store and from the racks of one of the cigar stores . |
| 23 | She went into the living room where she settled down at the dining table to mark compositions . |
| 24 | ‘ Coming sir , ’ they both trilled , and soon we were sitting down at the dining table in a corner of the living-room . |
| 25 | They want to know whether today 's men are better fathers , whether men will ever open up at the breakfast table , whether male impotence is on the rise , whether men suffer from their own form of menopause , whether men will cultivate any interest in pastimes more enlightened than football and snooker . |
| 26 | Unsurprisingly , it was a subject that frequently cropped up at the dinner table , especially when visitors were present and Sir Gregory was able to pick their brains on the latest news from Rome , Paris or Madrid . |
| 27 | After he had gone , I sat back at the pub table . |
| 28 | Back at the games table he sat down in his straight-backed chair and stared across at Ajayi , who put down the slate she was studying . |
| 29 | That poor unfortunate had to stoke the fire , pump the tilly lamps , dash upstream to unblock the water pipe , boil the kettle — on the open fire — and arrive back at the card table an exhausted , nervous wreck . |
| 30 | ‘ He plays at pirates all the time , does wheelies on his bike , throws mud at his friends , kicks his football into the neighbours ' garden and pings his food around at the tea table . ’ |