Sentence examples for were set on the table from inspiring English sources

Pork ribs and barbecued sausage were set on the table, and Mr. Aubry gave an etiquette lesson to Mrs. Yukol, who was using a knife to dissect a pork rib.

Olives, curiously, were set on the table cold.

Volumes of Shakespeare's works were set on the tables alongside bar slips for ordering more drinks, though anyone wishing to follow along in the text would have been confounded by the high proportion of spontaneously improvised interpolation.

Another bottle was set on the table.

The meal unfolded with reassuring consistency: the customary bottle of white Menetou-Salon (a '98 from Jean-Paul Gilbert, $13) was set on the table along with a bottle of creme de cassis so we could make our own kirs.

A plate stacked high with persimmons is set on the table, and a platter of petits fours and Vietnamese cakes -- translucent blocks of rice, yam and bean paste in bright green leaf colors and round, dense coconut cakes.

And the shellfish platter was far too large to be set on the table as if it were a serving plate; it would have worked better had it been elevated.

The workpiece is set on the table in the tank.

The cork is set on the table for the patron to examine for signs of freshness.

Traditionally, prayers before meals are said when the food has just arrived and is set on the table.

At night, personal samplers were set on the volunteers' bedside tables.