Example sentences of "at the [adj] table [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
2 | The masked figure stepped ponderously off the dais , sat down at the baize-covered table and indicated with a gloved hand that I should join him . |
3 | On the first-floor terrace they sat at the round table while Roman did the honours with gin and tonics . |
4 | MacAirth squinted down at the wine-stained table and muttered to himself . |
5 | At last , at dinner one evening , the conversations and laughter died away raggedly as Duart stood up at the high table and raised his hand . |
6 | Connors grabbed a chair at the same table and I followed suit . |
7 | One of the West Indians at the same table as the girl was cheerfully full of white rum and coca-cola . |
8 | That night in the pub I did n't sit at the same table as the others but moved into the other bar with my pint and newspaper . |
9 | She was also aware of Angel , the Brit-hater , who had n't once eaten at the same table as her since she arrived , who was now riding harder and turning faster than any of the others , urging his pony on with great pelvic thrusts . |
10 | It made him feel grown up sitting at the same table as real university students ; engineers and agricultural science students , law or medicine , they had all sat and studied around the Hegarty dining table while young Frank was working for his Intermediate and his Leaving Certificate . |
11 | On Sunday , after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting , I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal . |
12 | This now brings you to the extraordinary position , 20 years on , in which you are essentially at the same table as your old adversary Edward Heath … |
13 | The Marshal sat down in the gloom at the plush-covered table and faced the tearful woman across a bowl of plastic fruit . |
14 | Emily sat at the scrubbed table and the startled look on Letty 's face made her smile ruefully . |
15 | At a seated dinner the speakers are usually at the top table and the microphone is nearby and can be handed to each speaker . |
16 | Since that day I have never spent much time at the green table and , once I got out into the world of journalism , worked hard at it . |
17 | She glanced at the book-laden table and at the general disarray . |