Example sentences of "down [prep] the table [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | I think about telling her that Andy was there , in his sleeping bag , listening the whole time , but while I 'm thinking about it something goes wrong ; there must have been a flaw in one of the glasses , or the weight is just too much , because there 's a cracking sound and one side of the pyramid starts to collapse , sending an avalanche of falling glass and frothing champagne spilling crashing down off the table and smashing , bouncing and splashing onto the mats and the floor below . |
2 | She ducked down behind the table and emerged with the little box her employer had displayed so proudly , then raked around in the back of a drawer until she came up with a key . |
3 | Only now , in my old age , I wish I had got down from the table and put my arms round his neck and kissed him . |
4 | Despite the growth of the disabled people 's movement these paper professionals still think it quite normal to sit down round the table and decide what 's best for us . |
5 | Ianthe Broome , Daisy Pettigrew , Sister Dew and one or two others whose names she could never remember , now sat down round the table and began to discuss the final arrangements for the bazaar , which had always been exactly the same and always would be , except that from one year to another a pint more or less milk might be ordered for the teas . |
6 | He turned on his heel then , thudding his coffee-cup down on the table as he strode towards the front door . |
7 | He put the paper down on the table and his Mum looked over his shoulder . |
8 | He put the biscuits and carton down on the table and turned off the light . |
9 | Gently he put the gun down on the table and carried the pile of plates over to the sink . |
10 | He put the card face down on the table and brushed off the torn fragments of paper with the side of his sore hand . |
11 | He set his glass down on the table and looked across at the bar . |
12 | Others sprang to the defence of their rulers and the argument became furious until a heavy fist banged down on the table and bottles and food went flying . |
13 | Then she put her head down on the table and wept unrestrainedly , the feathers of her hat dipping unnoticed into his coffee . |
14 | Hepzibah put a brown teapot down on the table and aimed a fake blow at his ear . |
15 | ‘ Trusting of them , ’ Hennessy observed as he put the slip down on the table and reached for his ballpoint pen . |
16 | He set the tray down on the table and she identified the predictable ingredients : coffee in a bowl and a hunk of bread smeared with honey . |
17 | He banged his fist down on the table and glared at Kellerman . |
18 | The stranger put the glass down on the table and looked sharply at me . |
19 | The third one is the , this book is pushing down on the table and the table is pushing up on the book . |
20 | She was so weary that it was all she could do not to put her head down on the table and close her eyes . |
21 | He put the candle down on the table and came to stand close to her . |
22 | Then Glenda Grower , the most strong-minded of the staff , put her glass down on the table and made obvious going-away gestures . |
23 | He placed this gently down on the table and we all gathered round . |
24 | Teddy slams his glass down on the table and waves his wooden spoon around as if it was a sabre . |
25 | ‘ I do n't know which is worse , ’ she said plaintively , dumping the goulash down on the table and turning to the sink to strain the noodles . |
26 | She sat down at the table while Michael called the plane . |
27 | Lancaster breathed out slowly and looked down at the table when he realised what he had said . |
28 | One looked from side to side , at the two speakers , or else down at the table or , fleetingly , at one 's own side . |
29 | He poured the tea into a mug , added milk and sugar , then sat down at the table and began to eat and drink . |
30 | 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 . |