Example sentences of "getting [adv prt] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She timed this operation very carefully , applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table . |
| 2 | Getting Up from the Floor |
| 3 | The woman and children burst out laughing again , getting up from the table and crowding round me . |
| 4 | ‘ Come on , then , ’ he said , getting up from the table . |
| 5 | For he just pushed his plate aside , wiped his mouth on the back of his hand , and getting up from the table once again went out of the house without saying a word . |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't , David , ’ she said , getting up from the table . |
| 7 | Getting up from the table he groped his way down the furthest bay and replaced his book in the rack , leaning his forehead against the cold steel . |
| 8 | Getting up from the table , he added , ‘ We 'd better go . |