Example sentences of "take a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | by taking a transfer of shares from an existing member and shareholder . |
| 2 | Taking a box of chocolates from the bureau , he tore off the Cellophane , opened the lid , and with great care selected a fancy soft centre . |
| 3 | After that , life becomes more complicated , and perhaps I can best illustrate some of the points involved by taking a number of books from my own bibliographical collection listed on the following three pages : |
| 4 | This depends on squaring the whole or part of the key , and taking a number of digits from the centre of the resulting value . |
| 5 | Gaveston rose and went across to an old , ironbound chest , taking a ring of keys from a gold chain which hung around his neck . |
| 6 | Chief Supervisor Liz Perera has everything running smoothly , like a housekeeper at a stately home , taking a medley of jobs from choosing the colour schemes for special functions to calling in the plumber if the dishwasher fails in her stride . |
| 7 | Taking a packet of Strands from his pocket Michael gave one to Geoffrey and after offering the pack to James , who refused , laboriously set about lighting the cigarettes . |
| 8 | Stefan , a thin , grey-faced , middle-aged man with stomach ulcers who had been production manager since the Hochhauser Season had begun , sat down at the table , looked at the balance sheet and the final sentence at the bottom and took a bottle of tablets from his pocket . |
| 9 | She took a pair of pants from Annie 's drawer and hurried downstairs . |
| 10 | In Scott [ 1987 ] Crim LR 235 the accused took a pair of curtains from a store . |
| 11 | He now took a pair of sunglasses from his shirt pocket and pointed them at me . |
| 12 | Hari took a pair of boots from her basket . |
| 13 | He took a pair of bolt-cutters from his kit and applied the jaws to the chain , and thirty seconds later he was inside the kitchen . |
| 14 | I tipped about half of the cash into the box and then took a couple of shirts from the second bag and laid them on top of the remaining cash . |
| 15 | Francis and Jamie and Dionne said hi , Marina flew in — exhausted , darling ! — and Jay took a bucket of cocktails from the fridge . |
| 16 | ‘ I took a bunch of lessons from Joe for about five years off and on . |
| 17 | Downes took a bunch of car-keys from his pocket , opened the door of a British-Racing-Green MG Metro , got into the driver 's seat , and leaned over left to open the glove compartment . |
| 18 | Weymouth boats took a number of rays from the Adamant Bank while marks just off Portland produced dogfish , pout , conger and occasional cod . |
| 19 | Kim took a number of books from the bottom of his bag and added them to the pile on the desk , then looked up again . |
| 20 | He pulled into the pre-arranged space , climbed out of the car , then took a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket and lit one . |
| 21 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 22 | Doyle took a set of keys from his pocket , removed one , and gave it to her . |
| 23 | Burun took a handful of nuts from a bowl and cracked one open . |
| 24 | Why he needed to choose this moment to pass the time of day with all and sundry and — good grief ! — take a wad of notes from his back pocket and count them out with infuriating slowness — was anybody 's guess . |
| 25 | Take a couple of instances from Agatha Christie , who was marvellously cunning with it . |
| 26 | Er old Mrs I du n no , but th , anyway there was only this one old house up in the common and er I went up there one time with horse and take a couple of pigs from there down to Wimborne market . |
| 27 | Along with other members of my family I have been able to take a cycle on trains from Edinburgh to Stirling or Dunblane . |