Example sentences of "to collect [adj] [noun] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He went on : ‘ I 'm going to collect some things from the hospital to make you more comfortable , but first I 've got to lift you up . |
2 | EARLY IN THE MORNING , ON THE DAY BEFORE THE FESTIVAL OF Sāun Sa kra ti , Mina and Kāli went with their baskets to collect some clay from the seam outside the village . |
3 | William Langdon , a 45-year-old fireproofer , was asked to use the truck to collect some material from the stores on the SLP Engineering yard in Vulcan Street , Middlesbrough , because the regular driver was late for work . |
4 | Peter Gibson , Clwyd 's director of development and tourism , said : ‘ Andre sought to achieve re-vegetation of eroded areas using plant material native to the site and this has been achieved through the use of the vacuum cleaner to collect natural seed from the site . ’ |
5 | He was concerned here above all to paint a working landscape , not just a decorative one ; and the empty wain is fording the stream to collect more hay from the labourers in the distant field . |
6 | — Enthusiasts will delight in seeing over 100 species of rhododendron , many planted by H R H the Princess Royal who subscribed to several expeditions to collect exotic specimens from the Himalayas . |