Example sentences of "[to-vb] something from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made her feel more at home , already , to steal something from the larder . |
| 2 | We do n't always write on them ; sometimes you find that if somebody tells you to write a poem about windows you end up writing a poem about aeroplanes or whatever , and I actually like being told to do something from the outside because you 'll discover almost immediately whether that 's really something you want to write about or not . |
| 3 | Each of these seems to derive something from the interruptable time of the television chronotope , and its consequently segmented narrative . |
| 4 | ‘ Where are we heading now ? ’ she asked in an effort to salvage something from the day if it was at all possible . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know , ’ Sarella said dully in a last-ditch attempt to salvage something from the wreckage of her self-esteem . |
| 6 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 7 | With projects that are more than ten years old you should give a lot of thought to the problems involved , and then decide to build something from the current issue of Everyday Electronics instead ! |
| 8 | Scotland 's determination to take something from the night was shown in the 64th minute , too , when a defender , Wright , was replaced by a forward , his Aberdeen team-mate , Scott Booth . |
| 9 | This does n't just mean doing a sedentary job but refers rather to the type of person ( who could well be a housewife , doing a basically non-sedentary type of job ) who calls the children to bring something from the next room rather than getting up herself , or who goes to great lengths to avoid journeys up and down stairs , or who will drive round for five minutes to find a parking spot near the exit of the car park rather than walk for two minutes … |
| 10 | The Americans are also put out by the efforts of Russia 's foreign minister , Andrei Kozyrev , to rescue something from the apparent wreckage of the world 's peace efforts . |