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 | The Marshal sat down in the gloom at the plush-covered table and faced the tearful woman across a bowl of plastic fruit . |
| 7 | Emily sat at the scrubbed table and the startled look on Letty 's face made her smile ruefully . |
| 8 | At a seated dinner the speakers are usually at the top table and the microphone is nearby and can be handed to each speaker . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She glanced at the book-laden table and at the general disarray . |