Example sentences of "getting [adv prt] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A long article in Le Monde , which bore a cartoon showing Mr Kohl getting up from a dinner table to join some friends , leaving Mr Mitterrand alone and rather forlorn , the commentator wrote : ‘ The ‘ special relationship ’ between France and Germany is such that all foreign policy questions have an impact on it .
2 Other main activities related to accidents were getting up from a chair , walking unaided and getting into bed .
3 Getting Up From a Chair
4 She timed this operation very carefully , applying the glue just as her father was getting up from the breakfast table .
5 Getting Up from the Floor
6 The woman and children burst out laughing again , getting up from the table and crowding round me .
7 ‘ Come on , then , ’ he said , getting up from the table .
8 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 .
9 ‘ Do n't , David , ’ she said , getting up from the table .
10 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 .
11 Getting up from the table , he added , ‘ We 'd better go .
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