Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] was [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be the way of our century to say that I was suffering from time-shock , no doubt ; since our personality is largely built and buttressed by our environment , and the assumptions environment and society force upon us , one has but to tip away that buttress and at once the personality is threatened with dissolution . |
| 2 | The truth is that I was suffering from insomnia : a full stomach is more conducive to sleep than is an empty one . |
| 3 | Robyn let out a deep sigh and realised that she was shaking from head to foot . |
| 4 | She told Relate officials that she was suffering from flu and had lost her voice . |
| 5 | Mostly she wrote about her feelings about her body and her recent acknowledgement to herself that she was suffering from anorexia . |
| 6 | Arenas explained that , although he was suffering from AIDS when he wrote the book , he hardly mentioned the illness ‘ because I do n't know what it is . |
| 7 | What is of considerable interest and of value in assessing the rights and wrongs of it , is the fact that it was conducted from beginning to end entirely on the one issue , that of the sovereign rights of the inhabitants . |
| 8 | The play was a two-hander , which meant that it was carried from beginning to end by the two stars . |
| 9 | He also rejected arguments that the transcript did not fall within the term ‘ documents ’ in s 2(3) of the 1987 Act and that it was protected from disclosure by legal professional privilege . |
| 10 | Despite his failing health — it was rumoured , but never confirmed , that he was suffering from cancer — Abe continued to harbour ambitions for the premiership . |
| 11 | It was reported on Nov. 26 that lawyers acting for the convicted Nazi war criminal , Klaus Barbie , were seeking his release on humanitarian grounds , claiming that he was suffering from cancer [ for Barbie 's 1987 trial see p. 35417 ] . |
| 12 | He was given permission to undergo tests in a Moscow hospital , but official statements from the hospital on Feb. rejected claims that he was suffering from cancer and other dangerous infirmities , and denied that any operation was planned . |
| 13 | Before the hearings began , Cranston announced on Nov. 8 that he was suffering from prostate cancer . |
| 14 | It 's difficult to believe that he was expelled from nursery school at the age of three for being a ‘ smart alec ’ . |
| 15 | Why did this right-wing Tory minister announce that he was retiring from politics just three weeks before the election was announced , when his campaign posters had already been printed ? |
| 16 | PLM leader John Osborne , who was seeking a fourth consecutive term as Chief Minister , lost his seat and stated that he was retiring from politics . |
| 17 | While this conversation proceeded , both men eyed Martha , who was Harry 's first cousin , and who was moving from customer to customer , topping up tankards from an earthenware jug . |
| 18 | When she finally left him to go upstairs her heart was overflowing , and she was beaming from ear to ear . |
| 19 | She was waving to us , her face very serious ; we turned into the road and she was gone from view . |
| 20 | And if she was missing from home why were n't her family moving heaven and earth to get her back ? |
| 21 | Well it is , it 's different if you was , if you was starting from scratch I suppose you know , first baby you 're inclined to , you want everything new do n't you with these new |
| 22 | Abel managed to make £730 , which helped to develop a sports shop beside the Oval , though this later failed and he was rescued from penury by a public appeal launched by the Daily Mail after the First World War . |
| 23 | The pirate radio station was anchored off Walton on the Naze for several years until it was prevented from broadcasting by the Government . |
| 24 | She waited until he was lost from sight , and lifted an apple when the stallholder was n't looking . |
| 25 | Crackling , gushing smoke stung eyes and nose until he was forced from cover . |
| 26 | And if he was removed from office , questions would be asked . |
| 27 | One last lingering look at the place where she had last seen him , but he was gone from sight , gone from her now . |
| 28 | But he was learning from experience and moved from town to town to polish his burglary skills . |
| 29 | Richard Vines was its librarian , but he was removed from office after six years and , after he had openly burned his certificate of membership of the society , he was voted to be a non-member . |
| 30 | He could have been much more seriously hurt , but he was burned from head to foot anyway . ’ |