Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [indef pn] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I had no access to the Swansea accounts during that time , it was clear I could n't have embezzled anything from the company . |
| 2 | ‘ We gave away two stupid goals but still would have got something from the game if we had taken the chances we created . ’ |
| 3 | He could have got one from the kitchen , but I expect he 'd locked up after he 'd brought the supper up . ’ |
| 4 | Petitions from communities , or common petitions , were few in Edward 's reign , and though they may have derived something from the example of clerical grievances , they could hardly have failed to have developed from private petitions . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | However , it seemed that each sex could have learnt something from the other on this occasion ; by the end of the day , the beautifully laid-out nursery , ready to provide the young arrivals with constructive play activities , was reduced to utter chaos from the tidal force of juvenile anarchy . |
| 7 | The coral does n't seem to gain anything from the relationship ; the gobies can sometimes be seen pulling mucus off the coral , but this could be interpreted as parasitism rather than symbiosis . |
| 8 | You 're sure you do n't want to take anything from the kitchen ? |