Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember that miracle , so easy to forget , that separates my life from the fates of the suburban furies . |
| 2 | Doreen went on , ‘ Is there a porter or a steward to carry my bag from the car ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You know I can not abide to light my Woodbine from the campfire . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What have you done ? ’ asked my mother from the doorway , her arms full of branches of copper-beech . |
| 5 | At the Scotland-Wales match I was severely reprimanded by a steward 30 years my junior for daring to place one foot on the hallowed turf as I made my exit from the ‘ schoolboys ’ enclosure ’ . |
| 6 | And , perhaps , with this act of treachery I can finally buy my freedom from the burden of buried horror that bound me to Andy twenty years ago , so that — dispossessed of that trespass — I 'm left free to betray him again , now . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's the last yer 'll get off me an' do n't forget I want my suit from the pawnshop when I come back ter fetch me other things . ’ |
| 8 | It occurred to me that as I had met nobody as I walked through the gate and went upstairs , there was no need to encounter anyone now , going down , and I moved my chair from the window . |
| 9 | In recent years , I have preferred launching my attack from the bank , rather than from the boat ; and even in high winds , when most of the loch is churned up , clear patches of water may be found along the lee shore . |
| 10 | He lifted and transferred my soul from the depths up to the heights , so that I ardently longed for the pleasures of heaven more than I had ever delighted in physical embrace or worldly corruption … |
| 11 | As soon as I 've collected my things from the boat I 'll catch the first plane home and — ’ |
| 12 | I just could nt avert my gaze from the football magazines this lunchtime … |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll just collect my bag from the kitchen , ’ she murmured . |
| 14 | I resolved to assert my authority from the beginning , or I would be trampled underfoot by even this most junior member of the Goreng clan . |
| 15 | In this notebook , recording my random thoughts day after day as I work on the big glass , I can keep my distance from the big glass . |
| 16 | I will keep my hands from the English — any and all but one , ’ he said grimly . |
| 17 | My Lord with the greatest respect that that clears my submission from the pleadings , er in the statement of claim . |
| 18 | This morning I telephoned my agent from the kiosk on the corner of the road to make sure that he had received the first fourteen or fifteen thousand words of my novel and , hopefully , to hear him say that , yes , he thought a publisher would give me a worthwhile advance ( much needed ) on the strength or promise of this sizeable chunk . |
| 19 | As soon as I was strong enough , and could walk again , I fetched my baby from the nursing home , but he then died of shock from an operation necessitated by stomach trouble . |
| 20 | Pulling my coat more closely round me , I turned my attention from the dark shape of the broch and its flitting ghosts to my own situation . |
| 21 | Well I I think I I 've had my doubts from the start and I you have you 're iffy about it and I do n't want anybody whose iffy generally does n't make it with us . |
| 22 | A rough horseblanket rubbed against my chin and a lacy canopy of cow parsley shaded my eyes from the bright light . |
| 23 | Now that when , as soon as I get my cheque from the British Legion for two hundred , roughly . |
| 24 | it 's where I get my cigarettes from the Victoria Wine shop . |
| 25 | I raised my head from the desk and groped with unresponding fingers for the receiver . |
| 26 | Picking my way over the cobbles , slimy and damp with centuries of hiding from the sun , I reached the musty room where I collected my raincoat from the attendant . |
| 27 | Twice a week I collected my pupil from the bakery after school . |
| 28 | Then I collected my bag from the Bed and Breakfast . |
| 29 | Sometime after , pleasantly exhausted , I collected my horse from the stable , saddled it and led it down the causeway out of the manor gate . |
| 30 | I give as good an impression of a drunk as I ever will , but when someone calls my name from the shadows I spin to face the darkness where he stands . |