Example sentences of "table [coord] [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she returned to the table and began scooping the first of the curd into a mould , they felt her eyes burning into them , all three of them . |
| 2 | Lily put the shoes on a piece of newspaper on the table and began to pick the mud from them . |
| 3 | ‘ Penny , we do not look upon divorce and remarriage in that way , ’ said Mark sternly , but — Sophia thought rather in the tone he used when Faustina jumped on to the table and began licking the butter dish . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sor de Naves , here with his brother , had also bowed to Primaflora at her table and had taken the chance , stopping Nicholas , to congratulate him on his marriage . |
| 6 | He placed it on the table and left slamming the door behind him . |
| 7 | ‘ You wo n't like it , it 's spaghetti , ’ I told him as I put the pot on the table and went to fetch the tomato sauce . |
| 8 | The bang of the door woke him and he reached himself up on to the table and started sniffing the newly polished leather . |