11.   Tables stand empty when other diners are waiting, an inconvenience that is costly to a restaurant.

12.   The sparse dormitories are spotless and, in one huge hallway, two pingpong tables stand ready, nets taut.

13.   Two painted Angelica Kauffmann tables stood against one wall, she said, and a pair of urns flanked the French doors.

14.   Traditionally, a center table stood in the middle of a parlor or foyer, often topped with a vase of flowers.

15.   On the wooden floor, just one old table stood in the middle, with some dirty clothes in the corner.