Example sentences of "[vb past] take from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the contact sheet she 'd taken from the office was not in her bag , not in any of the half dozen dead newspapers lying round the floor , not under any of the piles of flung-down clothes , not under the sofa , not in the bin . |
| 2 | A large suitcase lay on the bed , still full of the clothes he 'd taken from the other room . |
| 3 | One of the offences to which Gavin pleaded guilty was a specimen charge of £100 , an amount he admitted taking from the account once or twice a month between March and October 1991 . |
| 4 | In Foley v Classique Coaches Ltd [ 1934 ] 2 KB 1 the restraint of trade doctrine was applied to an agreement whereby a purchaser of land agreed to take from the seller all the petrol required for the purchaser 's business carried out on that land . |
| 5 | And soon afterwards , in the first week of their marriage , Dostoevsky showed her the stone under which Raskolnikov hid the stuff he had taken from the old moneylender . |
| 6 | She hurriedly rubbed herself dry , and then put on the dress Bryce had taken from the wardrobe . |
| 7 | The old lady now moved her shoulder to let George Banks , the butler , take her plate away and hand it to Patrick McCann , who was standing behind him , then to place before her a plate he had taken from the sideboard ; and she , after looking down on it , turned her head up towards him and said , ‘ Iced pudding , Banks ? |
| 8 | She glared and banged down the iron pan she had taken from the fire , then lifting the lid allowed a huge cloud of steam to escape into the air . |
| 9 | She took off the snazzy shades she had taken from the preacherman they 'd jump-rammed this morning , and passed them back to Andrew Jean . |
| 10 | Malekith and his followers already had the Shrine of Asuryan in their possession , and Malekith possessed the crown that he had taken from the dead Phoenix King . |
| 11 | He began to unwrap the package which Jotan had taken from the dwarf . |
| 12 | I knew the way then , for we were back-tracking the route we had taken from the airport . |
| 13 | Rincewind stood up as slowly as he dared , and drew from his belt the short sword he had taken from the guard a few hours and a hundred years ago . |
| 14 | As she began to feel faint she reached for his smouldering cloak , the short red cloak he had taken from the raider . |
| 15 | Hamilton showed him the photographs he had taken from the German flier , and told the Prime Minister that they were of Rudolf Hess , who had crashed a fighter plane into a field in Scotland the night before . |
| 16 | He gestured towards the notes Lindsey had taken from the envelope . |
| 17 | He refused to say where he had sold the items he had taken from the house . |