Example sentences of "to collect [pers pn] from [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Tremayne came to collect me from the hospital afterwards and told me on the way to Shellerton that Mackie had got through the court ordeal bravely . |
2 | The following day he arrived to collect me from the hotel where I had spent the night . |
3 | The international winger Sergeant George Wall of the 11th Black Watch and Manchester United offered to play for City but the taxi sent to collect him from the station waited in vain . |
4 | I thought of taking advantage , and went round to collect her from a dinner party . |
5 | The pair were quizzed over the abduction of a woman who underwent a terrifying 15-hour ordeal after calling a cab to collect her from a pub . |
6 | The officer delegated to collect her from the station seems to have been more disconcerted than she was . |
7 | The only other alternative would be to ask her father to collect her from the party , and , at twenty , that would be too embarrassing for words ! |
8 | She was to collect it from the church house in the morning . ’ |