1.   The orchestra struck up a polonaise, the lights strung on trees glistened in the garden, the tables groaned with food.

2.   In the basement, the tables were fairly groaning -- turkey and salmon, potatoes and gravy, vegetables and salad.

3.   That is when the tables outside the always-open kitchen groan under the bombast and bragging about the ice road.

4.   The tables groan under the weight of so much good Burgundy, but over the long day, all of it is consumed.

5.   Their table groaned with hearty portions of beef, lobsters and silver boats of hollandaise for thick asparagus spears.

6.   Tables groan with smoked salmon and glazed chestnuts from famous Parisian caterers alongside traditional Egyptian dishes, while women dressed in flowing jellabahs serve dried fruit and sweetmeats.