Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ambassador tried to explain what he knew of the sources of unrest and said he thought the mullahs were getting their money from the merchants in the bazaars , not from the CIA . |
| 2 | I would arrive home from Morning Service on the big day to find the chicks were fighting their way from the shells . |
| 3 | Vass was gathering their bags from the car boot and leading Lisa and a wide-eyed Emily across a courtyard to the front door of the house . |
| 4 | In September 1692 he produced a Whiggish Jacobite tract in which he rehearsed all the traditional charges against William ( adding to the list the recent massacre at Glencoe ) , and argued that " If it was to preserve our Liberties from the insults of King James , we placed the Prince upon the Throne , we have certainly either mistaken the Disease or the Cure " . |
| 5 | Then he was looming over her , inches away , and already the sexual hunger in his body was enfolding her and the unreleased tension within her was making her quiver from the top of her head , down to her toes . |
| 6 | Each pupil had to detail a movement in front of the squad pretending to be a drill sergeant and my detail was to get my squad from the stand easy position , slope arms and march them some 50 yards , then bring them back to the original position order arms and stand at ease . |
| 7 | Sir Anthony , who won an Oscar for his chilling portrayal of man-eating doctor Hannibal Lecter in the hit film Silence of the Lambs , was receiving his knighthood from the Queen . |
| 8 | A young man was waving his stick from the other side of the road . |
| 9 | My problem was to make my way from the entrance to a vacant table . |