Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] 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 | She wandered into the kitchen , poured some coffee and slumped down at the table . |
| 6 | Benjamin stared down at the table top . |
| 7 | Benjamin just stared down at the table , shaking his head . |
| 8 | Now he looked down at the table top , then sideways at his colleagues and back at Cameron . |
| 9 | She did n't answer immediately but looked down at the table , then up at him . |
| 10 | Joe looked down at the table . |
| 11 | Lancaster breathed out slowly and looked down at the table when he realised what he had said . |
| 12 | Sarah looked down at the table . |
| 13 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 14 | She looked down at the table . |
| 15 | She looked down at the table , and then raised her eyes to meet his again , the challenge gone . |
| 16 | Caroline looked down at the table . |
| 17 | Then I looked back at the table . |
| 18 | Philip sat down at the table . |
| 19 | At another point , he came over and sat down at the table with them . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They sat down at the table . |
| 22 | Alison came and sat down at the table with Franca . |
| 23 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
| 24 | He poured the tea into a mug , added milk and sugar , then sat down at the table and began to eat and drink . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | After he had fed him he wiped his boots dry with an old rag , put the kettle on and sat down at the table with pencil and paper . |
| 28 | But he said nothing , just sat down at the table , a pale-faced , freckled child , his school tie knotted to one side , and catching part of his collar . |
| 29 | Lucinda set down the cups , then , unbuttoning her jacket , sat down at the table , chin on hands . |
| 30 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |