Example sentences of "get [adv prt] from the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 2 | He thought he would not begin on all that , so he got up from the kitchen table . |
| 3 | Kitty slouched off again while Charlie got up from the kitchen table carrying the remainder of the pie in his fingers . |
| 4 | Dan got up from the breakfast bar . |
| 5 | She timed this operation very carefully , applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table . |
| 6 | It would be about seven o'clock when he got back from the cricket match with Patrick . |
| 7 | When he has good selective movements in his hemiplegic leg , he may be able to get down from the bath seat into the bath tub . |
| 8 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 9 | They were completely intimidated — but even under that very strict regime there was nothing to compare with the suggestion that if two or more people refused to get up from the dining table they might be liable to a 10-year prison sentence . |