Example sentences of "[verb] the table " in BNC.
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| 31 | Right er may I just make one comment on by bringing the table show with Danny and er th champion of champions it er it er I do n't know how many people champion of champions , |
| 32 | It was in the first Easter vac that he produced The Table . |
| 33 | So erm I was thrilled to bits cos that long cupboard that 's in that bedroom , that from the same person that we got the table from . |
| 34 | ‘ All right , if you do n't want the table laid , do n't move . |
| 35 | Wearily he checked the table china , the hotel staff being responsible for the less venerable Literary Lionisers . |
| 36 | The phone was working again , the engineer had scribbled on the back of an envelope , and he was very sorry he had broken the table lamp standing next to it on the coffee table . |
| 37 | But the team who led the table with an eight-point lead over the third-placed club in February and had two games in hand are surely lacking more than the rub of the green . |
| 38 | ‘ In 1988-89 , we led the table until February , but we were less experienced then , and every week at the top was a bonus for us . |
| 39 | If you are not in a position to be ruthless about getting rid of people on the platform , school them in the proper way to behave — sitting still , looking towards the speaker and not thumping the table in their enthusiasm . |
| 40 | He began thumping the table and insisting the paper install experienced management . |
| 41 | He found him agitated and anxious and thumping the table , demanding to discuss the two men 's roles in relation to each other . |
| 42 | When a builder tried to cheat her she overwhelmed him , thumping the table , her normally calm eyes glaring . |
| 43 | Not with his bawling voice and thumping the table . |
| 44 | Oh , you would n't know anything about his thumping the table . |
| 45 | There is no fire in the grate ; the King economizes on napkins by tucking the table cloth around his neck . |
| 46 | Wham ! goes the table and thirty feet of hors d'oeuvres are on the floor . |
| 47 | MAKE the table look attractive by varying the height of displayed foods . |
| 48 | The tape should also be marked with ‘ 1 of x ’ , where{ x } represents the final number of tapes used to archive the table . |
| 49 | The tape should be marked with 1 of x , where } x{ represents the final number of tapes used to archive the table . |
| 50 | Mm , scratch the table , yeah ! |
| 51 | The captain beat the table with his hand for silence . |
| 52 | Add character and charisma : if the room is quite large but lacks personality , simply change some of the existing pieces of furniture : replace the table with an old pine one and add some old pine chairs ( available in most junk shops ) ; swap some units for a pine dresser ; paint chairs cheerful colours ; replace posters with a cork or fabric-covered notice-board . |
| 53 | I want to be in that room soon and I shall need the table . ’ |
| 54 | There was much gesticulating , Teodor banging the table , his thigh , his friends ' thighs , throwing wide his arms . |
| 55 | ‘ No ! ’ said Joseph , banging the table with his hand . |
| 56 | Banging the table , he shouted ‘ order ’ , and continuing in English — to the amazement of members — he said he came from a noble family in Normandy and in Normandy , they were used to doing things in an orderly way . |
| 57 | Here , we used a throw of Indian cotton for the tablecloth , which covers the table right down to the ground , and an overcloth made from ticking provides fresh contrast for the coloured glasses . |
| 58 | He even transformed the table into a football pitch and by pushing a salt cellar here , and a napkin there , explained how a good manager and team could win the advantage . |
| 59 | Try to keep still and avoid knocking the table or microphone or shuffling your chair or papers . |
| 60 | grab the table quick . |