The plate came swiftly back to the centre of the table.

The plate tilted a little but didn't come up enough for Larry to get his fingers under.

The difference is that food bound for the plate comes from his fields.

"But when the plates come back to the kitchen they are usually clean, and people go on to order dessert," he said.

Finally, a plate of it came my way, and I broke off a warm piece.

If a runner comes to home plate, he scores a run.

Once a plate came to him before either of them, and he felt a moment's panic.

It is still unknown why and how lip plates came to be used.

Then came plates for each of the state university campuses.

The plate had come from still another automobile in Queens.