Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were also places to eat if you fancied ( a ) a very expensive hamburger , ( b ) authentic Austrian cuisine , if you did n't mind the creaking Or lederhosen as you ate , and ( c ) high quality Japanese food , some of it dead before it got to the table , if you had all day . |
| 2 | It crept towards the table where breakfast was laid , and it had the demeanour of a creature that was n't loved and yet must survive . |
| 3 | A highly polished table under a mirror , perhaps a bowl of flowers beside it reflecting in the table . |
| 4 | It stopped near the table and bowed , putting its small gloved hands into the opposing cuffs of its robe . |
| 5 | He swung it in a glittering arc , and it sliced through the table as though it were butter , carving its way through the heavy wood and jarring his arm , striking sparks off the stone floor . |
| 6 | Instead , it 's entirely freestanding , allowing you to swing it as hard as you like without risking it flying off the table , a major fault with many wheels . |
| 7 | The cup broke because it fell off the table . |
| 8 | She had left it sitting on the table in her flat , she remembered , thinking back . |
| 9 | Slowly , it slid across the table . |