Example sentences of "from [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happened , I emerged a little late and I fear I rather startled the young gentleman , who immediately pulled his attaché case away from me and clutched it to his chest with both arms . |
| 2 | Mrs McDougall , with a quick , concerned look at me , took my basket from me and dumped it on the counter . |
| 3 | The three youths waited , debating within themselves whether honour had been satisfied as he took his attention from them and returned it to Marion ; and suddenly , as his eyes burned into her like a couple of lasers , it was as if the two of them stood alone and everything else was just background . |
| 4 | She drew back from him and took him at his word . |
| 5 | They tried to grab the cash from him and knocked him to the ground . |
| 6 | He thinks the Ukrainian probably was killed and someone stole it from him and got it to Europe . ’ |
| 7 | She wriggled away from him and stared him in the face . |
| 8 | Jack snatched it from him and tore it in two . |
| 9 | Windeler took the sheet from him and slipped it into a drawer in the desk . |
| 10 | Julius immediately took the receiver away from her and replaced it on the rest . |
| 11 | She made a grab for her shirt but Felipe took it from her and flung it into the back . |
| 12 | Melissa took the tray from her and carried it to the buffet , while Juliette covered her face with a towel . |
| 13 | He took her room key from her and slid it into the lock , and she felt suddenly breathless . |
| 14 | The Doctor took it from her and placed it on his head . |
| 15 | He took it from her and placed it on her shoulders , and she had to fight an urge to simply lean back into the solid warmth of his powerful frame . |
| 16 | He took the tablets from her and swallowed them with a mouthful of water . |