Example sentences of "from its [noun] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pulled one from its hanger and rubbed it against her cheek , her eyes closed . |
| 2 | Balberith ripped the remains of the fruit and salad bar from its mountings and flung it through the roof . |
| 3 | Meryl felt slightly dizzy among the heady scents of the plants , but nevertheless plucked a rosemary leaf from its stem and held it to her nose , crushed between finger and thumb , before releasing it to twist emptily to the ground . |
| 4 | He took his revolver from its holster and cocked it . |
| 5 | He took the flare from its bracket and laid it on the top of the trap-door . |
| 6 | He took it from its case and opened it . |
| 7 | Troopers lifted the throne from its staging and passed it to the waiting hands below . |
| 8 | I stole the candle from its socket and sold it for a crust of bread and a stoup of water from an ale wife . |
| 9 | Rex watched in horror as the black claw tore Bill 's left arm from its socket and flung it far up the street . |
| 10 | A puff of wind swung it round on its vane , and snatched a bunch of twigs from its beak and sent them twirling slowly down the steeple to the ground at Carol 's feet , where they sank into the snow . |
| 11 | His voice was sharp and cold as ice as he plucked the cellular handset from its receptacle and held it out to her . |
| 12 | Absently she twitched a fading tulip from its vase and dropped it into the waste-paper basket . |
| 13 | Longing now to jump back on board , Mungo watched as the mighty engine woke from its doze and heaved itself back to wakefulness with huge , slow piston strokes . |
| 14 | He plucked one of them from its place and brought it to her . |