Example sentences of "from [pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was my work , then when she came down on duty , she would sit one side of the table with her books and I would sit the other and count all the money , you see , then I would take this money er , in a bag , through on to the black through the , past the ticket collector and take it to the booking office and they took it from me and took it when they took their money to the bank , you see . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Mrs McDougall , with a quick , concerned look at me , took my basket from me and dumped it on the counter . |
| 4 | A wooden Scotty-dog with a waggly , leather jointed body nipped my finger , and he snatched it from me and hurled it on to the fire , hitting it repeatedly with the poker until it disintegrated . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ We devised some pretty crude mechanisms for extracting cash from the operating companies every quarter — we did n't even bother to classify it as dividend or interest or repayment of loans , we just took the cash away from them and told them to manage with less . |
| 7 | Pressing it more firmly against her breast as his breathing became as erratic as her own , she moved her mouth from his and buried her face in his neck . |
| 8 | She drew back from him and took him at his word . |
| 9 | Therefore I am asking you to advise every man who comes without being passed by you that he will not be allowed to return home , and , in truth , I shall take his boat from him and lay himself fast . |
| 10 | The amusement in his voice stung , and she snatched the papers from him and stuffed them deep into the pocket of her briefcase . |
| 11 | They tried to grab the cash from him and knocked him to the ground . |
| 12 | Bob took it away from him and kept it . |
| 13 | ‘ Here , ’ he said ( or some such generous word ) : I grabbed the bag from him and got my fingers round some dried fruit and stuffed into my mouth . |
| 14 | He thinks the Ukrainian probably was killed and someone stole it from him and got it to Europe . ’ |
| 15 | When she tackled him in the wood , he produced the gun to frighten her off but she wrested it from him and shot him . |
| 16 | The waitress stepped back from him and wrenched her arm free . |
| 17 | Again she saw blue , paler , more transparent , stringing out from him and knew he meant to touch her in reassurance but did n't know if he should . |
| 18 | John Dalton eventually elicited the truth of his identity from him and offered him sanctuary as a hermit in his own home ( perhaps Richard had been reconnoitring in his disappearance before dinner ) and at his own expense . |
| 19 | She wriggled away from him and stared him in the face . |
| 20 | John pushed the plate away from him and stuck his thumbs in his braces . |
| 21 | She eased away from him and unzipped his boots , tugging them off before sliding the leathers down over his long legs . |
| 22 | Impatiently , Cleo turned away from him and directed her attention back to Apanage 's machinations . |
| 23 | Michael took the case from him and led him away to the hired car . |
| 24 | He threw her away from him and flung himself flat on the ground as Liartes ' dragon thundered by , leaving another smoking scar across the turf . |
| 25 | Mrs Wright took the letters from him and tore them . |
| 26 | Jack snatched it from him and tore it in two . |
| 27 | Windeler took the sheet from him and slipped it into a drawer in the desk . |
| 28 | The constable grabbed it from him and grabbed his arm at the same time . |
| 29 | Tallis felt the warmth from him and loved it . |
| 30 | One of his mates took the dented tube away from him and opened it , splashing froth over a window . |