Example sentences of "[verb] the table " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who kicks his car because it refuses to start ( and he has not checked the petrol gauge ) is not unlike the toddler who kicks the table for walking into him . |
| 2 | As I passed the table with the remains of the old man 's meal I saw what seemed to be the only form of ornament in the cottage , a cracked vase holding a magnificent bouquet of carnations . |
| 3 | He began to hit the table with his hand . |
| 4 | If we wind the table up another 6 places , 6 more teams who could be fighting for promotion and at the Manor tomorrow , it is Oxford take versus Grimsby . |
| 5 | Louise straightened the table a little too ostentatiously . |
| 6 | The all-important cost of £64 made the table cheaper than making a similar model from scratch , and the fence proved accurate enough for rebating and jointing . |
| 7 | unc Since the metric system follows the place value method used in the decimal system , changing lengths from metres to decimetres , centimetres or millimetres can be done easily using the table of metric length . |
| 8 | has to be set , cos your dad was using the table . |
| 9 | Using the table two , where 's that ? |
| 10 | Jacqueline , starved of toast soldiers , had slid from her chair and , having circled the table , was starting to de-gut the loaf of bread . |
| 11 | Sophie lowered the table and the two of them hoisted the surprised dog on to it and raised the table to a convenient height . |
| 12 | Holding each massive paw firmly , Sophie clipped the nails to the right length then lowered the table . |
| 13 | ‘ She always upsets the table . ’ |
| 14 | Spoils the table . |
| 15 | It really echoes when you bang the table . |
| 16 | 10.30am : Lay the table . |
| 17 | Lay the table , children . |
| 18 | ‘ Right — now you can watch telly again for ten minutes while I lay the table — or you can go out and see Daddy and his friends if you want . ’ |
| 19 | She goes in the thirteenth and hopefully will be out the twenty third , I realize this is a big operation but I want Cheryl to come along anyway , book the table , stay with us , come with us If she could n't make it which she 'll be in so I do understand that |
| 20 | She would have rustled up a little casserole or coq au vin while he laid the table beautifully . |
| 21 | Whistling to himself , Henry laid the table , while , in the corner of the kitchen , Maisie finished her last chocolate bar and got to work on a packet of crisps , a tube of Rollos , half a pound of jellybabies and a jumbo bar of Turkish delight . |
| 22 | Then she cooked pasta and shredded chicken and chopped fruit and nuts and sliced black bread and made beetroot soup and prepared sour cream and a cheese board and polished wine glasses and put butter in lemon-coloured dishes and made salad dressings and laid the table and set a serviette decorated with a Groucho Marx face by the side of each place . |
| 23 | Ginny laid the table while Barbara broke four eggs in a bowl and whisked them vigorously . |
| 24 | She laid the table in the kitchen , putting out the bread and a big bowl of dripping , and then made the cocoa . |
| 25 | She laid the table , sun falling across it , and each item she placed — cups , sugar bowl , plates , a basket of fruit , croissants — added their shadows to the room . |
| 26 | She laid the table , but it was no use preparing the salad yet . |
| 27 | He came home and he just laid the table , very impressive . |
| 28 | Because it would make the table bend . |
| 29 | Do n't knock the table |
| 30 | I asked the table . |