How to pull out and get an item from a std::vector

Let's say I have a vector of MyObject*. I would like to pull out an item from the vector and get that item (i.e. not using erase or pop_back because it deletes the pointer).

So, in code, is there an easy way to to this ?

std::vector<MyObject *> items;

MyObject *takeAt(unsigned int index) {
    // find item, then take it off from the list
    return item;
}

I have ideas, like using std::transform to generate a new vector without this particular item, and then set this new vector. But has anyone a better idea ?