Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at the table " in BNC.
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1 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
2 | Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears . |
3 | She closed her eyes , sighed , frowned down at the table where the ash lay like his spoor . |
4 | The waiter arrived back at the table and Fernando stood to speak to him . |
5 | Pooley gazed fixedly at the table . |
6 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said at last and he glanced across at the table . |
7 | Men fidgeted nervously at the tables . |
8 | She wandered into the kitchen , poured some coffee and slumped down at the table . |
9 | Benjamin stared down at the table top . |
10 | Benjamin just stared down at the table , shaking his head . |
11 | Now he looked down at the table top , then sideways at his colleagues and back at Cameron . |
12 | She did n't answer immediately but looked down at the table , then up at him . |
13 | Joe looked down at the table . |
14 | Lancaster breathed out slowly and looked down at the table when he realised what he had said . |
15 | Sarah looked down at the table . |
16 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
17 | She looked down at the table . |
18 | She looked down at the table , and then raised her eyes to meet his again , the challenge gone . |
19 | Caroline looked down at the table . |
20 | Then I looked back at the table . |
21 | The purveyor stared hard at the table , as he tried to concentrate . |
22 | Philip sat down at the table . |
23 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
24 | They sat down at the table , and took out of their pockets packets of cigarettes , lighters and calculators , placing these objects carefully in front of them as if they were necessary equipment for some game they were about to play . |
25 | They sat down at the table . |
26 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
27 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
28 | He poured the tea into a mug , added milk and sugar , then sat down at the table and began to eat and drink . |
29 | When his illness was at the active stage , he was very particular about keeping his own utensils separate from everyone else 's , and would joke about it , saying as he sat down at the table , ‘ Make way for the leper . ’ |
30 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |