Example sentences of "[pers pn] get [adv prt] from the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire !
2 I got up from the table .
3 I got up from the grass and made my way back to the orchard as Jerry started to drop his shells in the dust cloud left in the wake of the speeding jeeps .
4 When I got in from the airport — yesterday , give or take a week — the flat felt lightly dishevelled , hurriedly lived-in , as if the cleaning-lady 's efforts had been briskly cancelled or mussed .
5 ‘ You probably took them this morning while I was sleeping , or maybe right now , before I got back from the jetty . ’
6 I saw the last few minutes of the game when I got back from the pub last night and was amazed to hear some commentator say ‘ Manchester United have n't lost at home in the European Cup for 37 years ’ .
7 I saw him in my office at ten-thirty , as soon as I got back from the P.M. "
8 And so I when I got back from the talk I had a look and sure enough there are , throughout the British Isles there are five New Brightons .
9 When I got back from the war it was all gone destroyed by full employment — not that I 'm regretting that , you understand .
10 I got back from the States this morning .
11 ‘ You can wait here until I get back from the Khirgiz . ’
12 I get down from the camel and it 's nowhere .
13 Please may I get down from the table ?
14 Please may I get down from the table ?
15 Please may I get down from the table ?
16 Seeing that her employer 's eyes were once again drooping heavily , she got up from the bed .
17 She got up from the bed and started packing , throwing things haphazardly into her bag .
18 She got up from the floor and sat on Anna 's knee .
19 As he came in , she got up from the couch and came across , embracing him , her eyes bright with excitement .
20 She got up from the table and poured herself out a glass of water , and then sat down again .
21 She got up from the table and walked into the conservatory with a bowl of fruit for her macaws .
22 She got up from the table , the food hardly touched on her plate .
23 Thérèse says it was all there in the letters she got back from the convent .
24 She got down from the jeep , straightened her dress and headed back towards the barn .
25 Now , you get down from the chair and lie on your back on the bench .
26 If it does n't then what you created on the computer screen and proofed on a page printer may well look rather different to that which you get back from the typesetter .
27 Well you two can do it when you get back from the walk , just left me to do it
28 How long do you get off from the YTS then ? ’
29 What time did you get in from the shopping ?
30 We got up from the seat and strolled along the terrace .
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