Example sentences of "[pers pn] sat [adv prt] at the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she sat down at the table her mother said , ‘ Well , you can help yourself , I 've got my hands full here . ’ |
| 2 | As she sat down at the table she said to the child , ‘ Sit up now . ’ |
| 3 | She sat down at the table reserved for the traveller with the skin grafts and began to score the cloth with a fork . |
| 4 | She sat down at the table again . |
| 5 | She sat down at the table while Michael called the plane . |
| 6 | She sat down at the table and looked with disfavour at the glass in front of her . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She sat down at the table and sipped at the dark , bitter brew self-consciously , aware of his eyes , cool and observant , upon her . |
| 9 | Candles burned on the table where they were to dine and as she sat down at the table she banished the sob for evermore . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | They sat down at the table . |
| 12 | They sat down at the table and Monks started immediately . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 16 | He sat down at the table and put his face in his hands . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's this queer stuff ? ’ he would say , as he sat down at the table ; then : ‘ Hmm . |
| 18 | He sat down at the table and began eating without tasting the food . |
| 19 | Then he sat down at the table and started to work again . |
| 20 | He sat down at the table again and began to read . |
| 21 | He sat down at the table and looked over the balustrade at the Street of the Camel below . |