How To Use On the table In A Sentence

My eye caught sight of the great key, _Pakenham's key_, lying there on the table. 54-40 or Fight
She tells me there are three deals on the table for the biopic movie of her life. Times, Sunday Times
Oh, damn the lousy tribe of them!" cried he, beating his palm upon the table; "what's Long Davie the dempster thinking of to be letting such folk come scorning here? Doom Castle
It's no longer all about the little wifey having the hubby's meal on the table at 6pm on the button.
The player on the left of the dealer takes the top card from his or her stack and lays at face up on the table.

He placed the phrase book on the table beside the coffee.
I took a big bite, put it back on the table and left it to rot throughout the night.
And a bowl of juicy ripe fruit was placed on the table and a bottle of sparkling wine was chilling nicely in the silver cooler.
On the table is a bowl of fruit with two bananas sticking up, one either side.
“They look like—” His expression froze and he looked from Caitlyn to MacLean, then back to the map upon the table. The Laird Who Loved Me
She shook her head uncertainly and drank some of the Coca-Cola which seemed to be on the table in front of her. LAST SHOT
On the tabletop inlays and the ivory panels, the predators include griffins and sphinxes, composite creatures based on the leonine form, while the bowl depicts lions in positions of attack.
Luke said with a frown, his blue eyes finally resting on the table in front of him.
Don't lean on the table or it'll tip up.
Catching her breath and the bag, she placed her coffee on the table, and untucked her feet.
On the table in the front of the room was a telephone, which rang whenever the bond market went berserk.
I set the flowers on the table.
His fingers had left marks on the table's polished surface.
The wine had left a permanent mark on the tablecloth.
He put the coffee on the table.
Ibra has repeatedly said that salvaging the bank through a rights issue would be the best and cheapest option on the table compared to other choices, such as a merger, acquisition or liquidation.
A perfectly braised shank on buttery mash surrounded by vegetables set the tastebuds going before the plate was even put down on the table.
The food is there, on the table; we rejoice in its being there and bless God that it is.
The girl sobs with relief, folding her arms in a fleshy nest on the table top to cry into.
Place your hands on the table with the palms facing upwards.
As in basic rummy, a meld is a combination of cards from your hand which you place face up on the table, where it stays until the end of a hand.
On the table beside an empty plate was a pile of books.
He saw a book on the table and picked it up, idly curious.
When I found it in my pocket that night, I put it on the table beside my bed.
The issue of bias cohabiting with immense media power was on the table.
That evening Sadhana was just setting the food on the table, the parathas and savory brinjal and potato fry, the dhal with pumpkin, the broccoli cooked Indian-style like cauliflower, with turmeric, onions, and ginger, which Ashish acutely disliked but which she knew was good for him, when the phone rang. For the Sake of the Boy
The offer on the table at the moment is a 10% wage increase.
“At the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, the Americans set up a display table to show Nazi atrocities,” Denier Bud began miasmically as the camera panned over the familiar objects: “A lot of bogus items, tattooed skin supposedly taken off bodies, a supposedly human skin lampshade, which in reality is just a basic lampshade, but they really went over the edge of dumb when they put this on the table.” The Lampshade
Come on man it was on the table! definetely baglike tendencies and he is lucky my asian buddy didnt sucker punch him in top chef masters. Ajc.com - News
It started raining, two or three clouts on the table then a cloudburst. WHITE LIES
There was a tray of mince pies on the table and a large bacon and egg pie.
Dr. Anthony Monroe sat down in front of him, resting a brown folder on the table.
While we were required to take up these presents, I chanced to cast an eye upon the table, where there lay a fresh service of cheese-cakes and tarts, and in the midst of them a lusty rundlet, stuck round with all sorts of apples and grapes, as they commonly draw that figure. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter
On the table beside an empty plate was a pile of books.
You should have seen the look on my wife's face when I slapped my Zambian kwachas on the table.
Finally she slapped on the table two ‘large teas’ and four slices of bread and dripping — that is, eightpenny-worth of food. Down and Out in Paris and London
I am deeply afraid I will surprise him one day beating his head on the table in an effort to extract the solution he's seeking.
There was a great big pile of books on the table.
Andy hopped up on the table for a minute, stared at her, then slapped Mia across the chops, drove her out of the seat, and settled in her place.
Finding our way back home, chilled to the bone, our cheeks and noses flushed from the fresh air, to find a pot of hot coffee and a warm apple tart on the table. Jamie Schler: Apple Clafoutis: A Recipe for Autumn
Sure enough, he gave us a right old walloping in front of the press, claiming that Jack had never had any deal on the table.
You just bung it all in the oven, then throw it on the table and let your guests dive in. Times, Sunday Times
She had spotted him sitting in one corner, dark except for the candle on the table, which was dripping hot wax onto the rough, wooden table.
Ideally, I like to walk into a place just as the food is being put on the table. Times, Sunday Times
She placed a bottle of vodka and tequila on the table with two shot glasses.
She flung the letter down on the table.
Lay the material flat on the table.
The dealer shuffles the dominoes by mixing them thoroughly face down on the table.
She noticed a handwritten note on the table and tentatively picked it up. Times, Sunday Times
She put the photographs on the table, located the spare eiderdown, and draped it over him. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
I arrange some serviettes on the table, along with some cutlery and utensils.
your mail is on the table
Suddenly, a light blazes forth from the center of the symbol on the table, shaped like an eye.
But on such a morning, apparently, with thousands of webs ready, there can hardly have been enough flies to go round; for we saw all the appetent spiders had emerged from their tubes and were waiting impatiently on the web itself -- as though the host should sit on the tablecloth waiting for his guest. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned
On the table, which hung on hinges from the for'ard bulkhead, were pen and ink, also a battered log-book. A SON OF THE SUN
Dip in,everyone. The apples are on the table.
He left the pen on the table unawares.
I found some bakery on the table and decided to eat a piece.
A beechen implement, resembling somewhat our potato masher, and called the "brayer," was used to manipulate the ink as it lay on the table; an iron shovel, known as the "slicer," being used to portion out from the mass of ink such quantities as were needed from time to time for the brayer. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
The book lay open on the table.
Then, early in the morning, having your stoves and plenty of hot water in readiness, take the turtle, lay it on the table on its back, and with a strong pointed knife cut round the under shell (which is the callipee), -- there are joints at each end, which must be carefully found, -- gently separating it from the callipash A Poetical Cook-Book
Pat washes off the dissection tray in the lab sink and puts it back on the table; bleaches the table as well because the teacher told him to.
The fatal bonnet lay on the table of the Court; Bargally swore that it was the identical article worn by the man who robbed him; and he and others likewise deponed that they had found the accused on the spot where the crime was committed, with the bonnet on his head. Additional Note
He sat back in the chair, leaned an elbow on the table, and canted his head to rest in that hand.
This is most stunningly displayed in the show's chief highlight, a re - creation of the dining room first exhibited in the 1903 Arts and Crafts Exhibition organized by Stickley in Syracuse, N.Y. The room incorporates the handsome, massive furniture in a setting where everything from the oak-and-burlap wainscot to the pottery vessels on the table and sideboard was designed or overseen by Stickley himself. Four-Square Reformer
And in the front, a group of students are having a rap contest as they make their beats by banging on the table.
He smacked the money down on the table and walked out.
The management has put a reasonable wage offer on the table, so it's up to the unions to decide whether to accept it.
The waitress put them down on the table, a hot chocolate for Ava, and a mochaccino for Jonathan.
Sizzling on the table, a nabe can be the best feast you can have on a cold winter day.
A couple of mobile phones lay ostentatiously on the table; beside them was a shiny brochure. THE EXECUTION
There was a plate of untouched scrambled eggs and a glass of orange juice on the table, which led her to guess that he'd fixed himself breakfast but had been unable to eat.
Then, when hunger made them desire to go on with the repast, finding there was nought upon the table, they called clamorously for the cook. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems
After dinner I read one of Miss Mitford's hawthorny sketches out of "Our Village," which was lying on the table; they always carry one into fresh air and green fields, for which I am grateful to them. Records of a Girlhood
He fishes into a battered black holdall, pulls out the manifesto and triumphantly taps his forefinger on the table.
A canvass was set up on the easel, paints on the table alongside.
True to its name, it was decorated luxuriously in shades of blue, from the mostly blue stained glass in one of the windows to gauzy blue cloth on the tabletops.
She laid the open atlas down on the table and began to dig through kitchen drawers.
She left jammy fingermarks on the tablecloth.
The plate on which a joint or side-dish was placed upon the table was an ashet (Fr. assiette). Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
She slowly dropped her gaze to the book on the table, but he could see a hint of rosy pink colored her pale cheeks.
I left it either on the table or in the drawer.
You will also want a pot of mustard on the table. Times, Sunday Times
Controversial proposals to increase off-street car parking charges by five per cent are also on the table.
She is superstitious about spilling salt on the table.
The father gave a chuckling, gratulatory laugh; drew a nickel from his pocket and laid it on the table. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
One example would be the legs on the table for the exhibition.
Liebig's five-bulbed apparatus, seen lying on the table in the portrait photograph. Von Liebig, Justus
It soon became clear to me, that the dialogue about Lebanon and Damascus, which was followed up with a clishmaclaver anent dirks, daggers, red cloaks, and other bloody weapons which made all my flesh grue, had some connexion with Taffy's papers on the table -- out of which James had been diverting himself by reading bits here and there, at random like. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
His good old wife had gotten down her best "chancy," white with blue rimming, while the cloth on the table was as white as snow, and the floor spotlessly neat with its heavy sprinkling of white sand. The old plantation : how we lived in great house and cabin before the war,
There's no evidence at this point that the Bush administration is prepared to get into the kind of nitty-gritty give - and-take wheeling-and-dealing negotiating that the North Koreans have repeatedly signaled they would be interested in if they were to put their missile nuclear programs on the table. CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2006
I've left all my papers on the table.
Mary Ann Chapman threw a halfpenny on the table and said ‘Go and get a halfpennyworth of soap.’
Here at home I’m often like the feel of the barro from the Patzcuaro area on the table as well as any, if not better. Talavera
But he sent word through an assistant at the synagogue that the title rabbi was no longer on the table. Undefined
Obama's approval rating finally rising, says poll hotel room that could only be described as disheveled - covers tossed across the bed, towels on the floor, half-empty coffee cups on the table - when there was a knock News 215-854-5960 Almost 29 years have passed since an assassin's bullet took John Lennon. WN.com - Articles related to Air Canada expected to expand technical services for travelling public
Everyone thought Wesley was crazy to dance on the table.
Laid out on the table in front of me were the pious platitudes of Government Ministers responding to the loss of 350 permanent jobs in Donegal.
In the kitchen there were three fires blazing, stacks of _Bratwurst_ on the tables, great kettles for the sour-krout and potatoes, and eggs, lettuce, and other finer viands, for the dignitaries, on the shelves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867
Other potential predators are more likely to wait until a firm bid is on the table. Times, Sunday Times
Ask everyone to bring a dish that reflects his or her family roots and watch what shows up on the table: everything from Alabama BBQ to cheese blintzes, corn pudding to quesadillas.
His bed was unmade, his nightclothes strewn across the floor, and a small, worn book laid on the table beside the bed.
Within 15 minutes my tart of goats cheese and asparagus was on the table, nicely presented on a square plate with drizzles of sticky balsamic vinegar.
Elle laid out the centerfold layout with a flourish on the table in the Lit magazine office.
But the bodyâ€ ¦. the body is made of clayâ€ â€ â€œPorcelain, â€ the passenger and her chin interjected. â€œSuki is made of porcelain. â€ â€œItâ€ ™ s clay, â€ Harun said. â€œThis isnâ€ ™ t even furnace kindling. â€ She was about to toss it back on the table in disgust, but the passenger yanked it out of her hands. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
We were friends, good friends, but the time was drawing nigh when I had to lay my cards on the table.
As Hunter drew closer, he noticed the several flagons sitting on the table between them were mostly empty.
I was waiting for you to jump on the table and gloat about having him ask you out, but you… Gawd, you weren't acting like yourself.
The servants had been there that morning; the bed had been made and fresh towels placed on the table by the washstand. LORD OF THE SILENT
This time they not only left the punchbowl on the table, they replenished it. The Times Literary Supplement
candles alight on the tables
Addie sets his bowl on the table then moves about the apartment, his arms and legs and odors wafting like ribbons in the air, dancing cavatina to our choir bites of frosted oats and yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers. Chinchillas in the Air
His hair was thick, hardly grayed, and his hands resting on the tablecloth resembled knots of wood. So No More He'll Go A-Roving
As she spoke, an old slave placed on the table a dish called pillau, made of rice and meat, which is a great favourite among people in the East, and setting down glasses of sherbet before each person, left the room quietly. The Grey Fairy Book
He jumped up on the table and started to do a strip.
His books lack the extempore felicities and the reflected fellow-feeling which lent a charm to his spoken sermons; and on the table-land of his controversial treatises, sentence follows sentence like a file of ironsides, in buff and rusty steel, a sturdy procession, but a dingy uniform; and it is only here and there where a son of Anak has burst his rags, that you glimpse a thought of uncommon stature or wonderful proportions. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852
Brianna choked again, and I hastily placed an ashet on the table in front of her, just in case. Drums of Autumn
She switched on the table lamp and opened it at the bookmark. GRACE
The remaining talon is placed face down on the table in the center and the top card is turned over.
Geoff looked at the check, threw some bills on the table, and taking her hand led her from the restaurant.
She set a tray down on the table.
I found a green fly on the table.
The two magnificent fish flopped among the shards of wet glass on the tabletop. DO NO HARM
She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table.
When, with its thick, palatable flesh, it is cooked and placed on the table, it is known as the "drumstick" -- a favorite part of the fowl with hungry boys, vying, in their minds, with the "white meat" of the breast. Our Bird Comrades
He set a vase of flowers on the table.
Little "kickshaws" for Polly lay on the table before him, and a small fire burned in the grate, with a huge kettle thereon. Philosopher Jack
Center the roast on a carving board that is long enough to allow the carver to cut the meat without spilling on the tablecloth.
I left two dollars and a half-eaten bacon sandwich on the table and walked out into the street.
And while the former will simmer quietly for hours, spaghetti alle vongole can be on the table in the time it takes your guests to heave themselves out of their deckchairs and into the dining room. How to cook perfect spaghetti alle vongole
Letters and parcels from admirers are piled on the table. The Sun
He smiled wistfully and we got up leaving money and a tip on the table.
Mark Millar once posed in Scotland's Daily Record wearing what can only be described as a "fuzzy Batman Costume" with one foot on the table covered in comics with a huge grin on his cowled face. Mark Millar Preparing His Directorial Debut; Evokes District 9, Trainspotting and X-Men 2 Comparisons | /Film
Inside, each suite has a carved crocodile figure on the table and a marbled bathroom with a huge mirror beside the tub. The Sun
Elbows on the table, chin cupped in my hands, I look from The Boy to Tadpole and back again, marvelling at how simple and how right everything feels. Three
The management has put a reasonable wage offer on the table, so it's up to the unions to decide whether to accept it.
The purse on the table was a strong temptation to the poor child.
Otis was decanting the left-over wine from the various bottles on the table into a Jerry can.
The bong pipe, which accompanies him everywhere, stands untouched on the table.
On the table the kender found a folded piece of parchment with his name awkwardly penned on the front. Stalling
He plopped the bowl on the table.
That's weird - I thought I'd left my keys on the table but they're not there.
SPIRO: Look, when I was DA, I mean that was an issue that was always on the table, whether or not we would seek death -- and your caller is correct -- aggravating circumstances like duct tape on the mouth of a child who may have been chloroformed for whatever reason is enough to bring it up to that level. CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2009
The lighting is soft and subtle and with the night lights on the table and the backlit stained glass on the window give the place a cosy intimate feel.
Paella is a typical Spanish dish and is traditionally cooked in a "paellera"—a round flat pan with two handles—which is then put on the table. Seafood Paella for New Year's Eve
On the table was an upside down pot and a duck tap dancing on it.
A footman, feet bound in protective padding, stood on the table to guide it into position, the column dedicated to Lady Morgan facing her place.
Laura put the cheeseboard on the table and sat down wearily. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
My mother's voice floated up the stairs, informing us that desert was on the table.
Among the different articles of food on the table was a dish of "murphy" potatoes with their "jackets" on. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters
I agree that he was probably killed by a single blow and that wooden mallet on the table seems the likely weapon.
When they get up to leave, you notice the little mimeographed magazine they left face down on the table.
I was doing just that, with my left hand on the table, when a clammy hand was placed on mine. Times, Sunday Times
When they feast a friend they kill an ox, and set immediately a quarter of him raw upon the table (for their most elegant treat is raw beef newly killed) with pepper and salt; the gall of the ox serves them for oil and vinegar; some, to heighten the delicacy of the entertainment, add a kind of sauce, which they call manta, made of what they take out of the guts of the ox; this they set on the fire, with butter, salt, pepper, and onion. A Voyage to Abyssinia
Graham banged his fist angrily on the table.
George supped with her, and the two of them sat matily in the parlour behind red curtains, and with a baize-covered parrot between them on the table, when the meal was over, George smoking, and Mrs. Bradley knitting a shapeless garment slowly and very badly. St Peter's Finger
From the can on the table came a tinny sound, like a transistor with a sore throat. THE THIRD CLASS GENIE
The white woman picked a branch of magenta bougainvillea flowers and put them in a glass on the table.
A bowl of authentic beef chili or a full-flavored steak on the table is the best argument for ensuring the supply of good beef.
He placed the TV set carefully on the table and paid out the wire.
I pulled the samples out, plonked them on the table and started talking about them, looking round the room and catching people's eyes as I was talking.
She bumped her arm on the table.
Darren sat up on the table while a nurse wrapped some bandages around his ribs.
The solitary candle burning on the table threw a faint light on her face, yet it was clear that she was very unhappy.
As she was mounting the stairs, keeping a tight hold of the banisters, she realised that there had been five half full cups of tea on the table.
My grandparents had a bowl of mixed salted nuts on the table.
Imagine the explaining I had to do when I brought David Milne home from school, only to find two sheep's brains on the table - remnants of my dad's lunch.
This time they not only left the punchbowl on the table, they replenished it. The Times Literary Supplement
I think the latter bit (criticizing the shortcomings of the moderated proposals on the table and laying out better policies) tends to be more helpful in moving the process along than the former bit (criticizing the people involved in the process for their alleged failings and disloyalties). Matthew Yglesias » Different Strokes
And for dessert, the much awaited chocolate chestnut BÃ»che de NoÃ«l, the Yuletide Log, is proudly placed upon the table, a moist genoise cake rolled up, filled and iced with rich buttercream and decorated like a branch or log lying on the forest floor, a playground for elves and whimsical forest creatures. Jamie Schler: Chocolate Chestnut Charlotte For The Holidays
The finely laciniated foliage of = A. plumosus = is greatly prized for bouquets, and the plant invariably commands attention as a decorative subject on the table or in the conservatory. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
Well, I saw a bird lying on the table beside the impatiens. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grieving and Recovery
The room was dark; the only light was a splash from the anglepoise lamp set on the table beside her.
On the table I also had to manage controls for three slide carousels, a microphone, a penlight to read the letters and accompanying notes.
Carstairs made a gesture towards the tantalus on the table. Afterwards
She dumped her bag next to her chair and plonked all her food on the table.
In the time it takes to reheat a ready-made meal, you can put a home-made soup, smart pasta dish or a risotto on the table.
Put all the plates on the table.
Taking only a moment to chalk his cue, he got down on the table and potted the five.
'Brecknel and Turner's' flamed and swealed in profusion on the table; while every now and then an expiring lamp on the sideboards or brackets proclaimed the unwonted splendour of the scene, and added a flavour to the repast not contemplated by the cook. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
Laundry is done, windows are washed, refrigerator clean, pantry stocked, linens washed, floors mopped, shower scrubbed, and fresh flowers on the table.
Then giving the glass a graceful wave which showed that his hand was quite experienced in the throwing of dice, he called sevens the main, and whisking the ivory cubes gently on the table, swept them up lightly again from the cloth, and repeated this process two or three times. The History of Pendennis
As soon as I put dinner on the table, bam, she's on the phone. JUST BETWEEN US
He came in with four shopping bags and dumped them on the table.
The still-life arrangement of gold and snake on the table somewhat unsubtly prompted the audience to recognize the performance as a tableau vivant in which a process of active but hermetic mental transformation was taking place.
The cards are arranged on the table so that the number of pips showing shows the team's current score.
As the Gamekeeper (son of dgr) wanders in and slaps a dead rabbit (paunched not skinned) on the table right next to the triple-tiered cake stand I'll have hysterics and scream "take it to cook this minute" followed by an attack of the vapours. 54 entries from April 2007
I need to sort some stuff out in my sewing room (no work for three days, but lots of new stuff coming in and being dumped on the table - ack!) and I need to do laundry and a bunch of other stuff before the kids finish school at 1.30 today for the summer (well, Alex finished yesterday, but as he's really tired and it's pouring rain, I think a day of vegging in front of the telly is in order). Archive 2007-07-01
he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
You just bung it all in the oven, then throw it on the table and let your guests dive in. Times, Sunday Times
There was a vase of some attractive sweet-scented flowers of which Rachel did not know the name on the table. COME AND BE KILLED
Be sure to have some malt vinegar on the table. The Sun
And for dessert, the much awaited chocolate chestnut Bûche de Noël, the Yuletide Log, is proudly placed upon the table, a moist genoise cake rolled up, filled and iced with rich buttercream and decorated like a branch or log lying on the forest floor, a playground for elves and whimsical forest creatures. Jamie Schler: Chocolate Chestnut Charlotte For The Holidays
However, the federation secretary general, Decio De María, threatening rebels with further sanctions, said: "Nestor is the director and his head is not on the table as a condition for talks. Emotional 5th Street return for Muhammad Ali
The saw assembly is pivotably mounted on a saw table such that the saw assembly can be lowered towards the table to cut a workpiece resting on the table.

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