Example sentences of "at the table [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children can learn that food is available only at the table so they may manage a few minutes sitting down to eat and then get up and run around . |
| 2 | Within an eastern culture , table-fellowship and the sharing of a meal is regarded as a particularly intimate form of association , The fact that Jesus was prepared to act in such a fashion , and to be seen doing it , communicated as powerfully as any pronouncement , both to his friends at the table and his enemies at the window ( Matt. |
| 3 | The Indoor is where the man hands me his newspaper at the table and I unfold it sitting down . |
| 4 | ‘ It ca n't be that time , ’ she said , bounding up , only to clutch at the table as her head started up again . |
| 5 | Artai was staring at the table as he spoke . |
| 6 | For example : I expect her to obey me when I make a reasonable request or command , so that , if ( say ) I ask her to remain at the table until she 's finished her meal , she does so without endless arguments or fits of temper . |
| 7 | Lancaster breathed out slowly and looked down at the table when he realised what he had said . |
| 8 | Can I go and sit at the table cos my tea 's there . |
| 9 | That 's why I said to you do n't feed them titbits at the table because it 's so easy |
| 10 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |