Example sentences of "from [noun prp] and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pushed the wadding carefully into the cartridge before taking it from Benny and placing it on the garden wall . |
| 2 | He was , however , failing to thrive , so Maureen and I decided to take him away from Barny and put him into care , so to speak . |
| 3 | In 1986 he took over the captaincy from Fletcher and led them to their third championship in four years , but early in 1987 he suffered a bad loss of form and the team slipped right down the table . |
| 4 | ‘ Where did you find this then , ma'am ? ’ asked the sergeant , taking the photo from Blanche and studying it by the map-reading light . |
| 5 | Edwards acquired the famous Maffeo Pinelli collection of early printed books from Venice and sold it at auction in 1789 and 1790 . |
| 6 | ‘ Thanks , ’ said Jenny , taking the traveller 's cheques from Adam and putting them into her flying jacket . |
| 7 | On 18 September 1991 the mother wrongfully removed the children from Australia and brought them to England . |
| 8 | Projecting all guilt upon women , branding them as lustful allies of the Devil who wean men from God and lead them from the path of virtue , the Genesis story enshrines the myth of feminine evil as a justification for female oppression . |
| 9 | And , on the other side , one outcome of the Truce of Orléans was that Charles took the abbacy of Ferrières away from Odo and gave it to a member of the community whose chief recommendation ( with still more pull than his fine scholarship ) was a readiness to commit himself to Charles . |
| 10 | Dirichlet , appalled by this , grabbed the page from Gauss and treasured it for the rest of his life . |
| 11 | The other boys in my class turned their fickle attention away from Alec and diverted it to me . |
| 12 | Since all private truck owners are now allowed to bring food from Hiratan and sell it in Kabul , some militia commanders , most of them former mujahedin , are buying trucks and becoming traders . |