Example sentences of "[pers pn] sit [adv prt] at the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they are looking forward to seeing him soon , and that he will be safely with them to sit down at the table and enjoy the feast of the next Thanksgiving dinner . |
| 2 | And there 's another sort of things now that we do n't hear is when you sit down at the table to eat erm they 're probably the most the hostess would say now would be , Help yourself . |
| 3 | Can you sit up at the table then ? |
| 4 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
| 5 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |
| 6 | She sat down at the table reserved for the traveller with the skin grafts and began to score the cloth with a fork . |
| 7 | She sat down at the table again . |
| 8 | She sat down at the table while Michael called the plane . |
| 9 | She sat down at the table and looked with disfavour at the glass in front of her . |
| 10 | She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected , and tossed her hair back from her face ; Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket . |
| 11 | She sat down at the table and sipped at the dark , bitter brew self-consciously , aware of his eyes , cool and observant , upon her . |
| 12 | Candles burned on the table where they were to dine and as she sat down at the table she banished the sob for evermore . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They sat down at the table . |
| 15 | They sat down at the table and Monks started immediately . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 19 | He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands . |
| 20 | ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm . |
| 21 | He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food . |
| 22 | Then he sat down at the table and started to work again . |
| 23 | He sat down at the table again and began to read . |
| 24 | He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below . |
| 25 | Mrs Fry went straight to the kitchen , told us to sit down at the table , opened the oven ( split-level cooker , of course ) and got out a huge pot . |