Sentence examples for a better table from inspiring English sources

'My agent's got a better table than your agent'; 'Lester got fantastic death coverage.

He took the cue as smoothly as a maître d'hôtel accepting a tip for a better table.

Romney is seen more as maître d' than nominee, ushering the party to a better table in the future.

"When you go into a restaurant and the maître d' sees it, maybe he'll give you a better table," Mr. Block said.

The friend, or ex-friend at least for now, was simply sitting at another table, a better table, according to Mr. Buatta.

Where do you draw the line between outright bribery and a little "lubrication," like slipping the matre d' 10 bucks for a better table?

"I have an even better table," he said, seating us by an aquarium with tropical fish and positioning me with a lady on each hand -- "the thorn between two roses," as he put it.

In the former, alternatives D-a-R and UTS perform better (Table 9).

No hostess in history has ever set a better dinner table than my mother, but on such evenings, I would rather have supped with al Qaeda in a guano-strewn cave.

In the first two rounds, the subcategories that had the lower rates of agreement were altered in order to get a better match (Table 1).

According to participants' responses to the 2-year survey, advancement-related coaching and advice focused most often on the following activities: help finding education or training, determining career goals, increasing work hours, and getting a better job (Table 3).