Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The institutional , legal and procedural definition of convocation had not been clear in 1307 nor was it finally resolved by 1327 : the clergy were struggling to free themselves from the enveloping quicksand of parliament , the king 's high court , and to reach the firm ground of an autonomous clerical assembly , no part of the king 's court ( with all that that implied ) and free from the intimidating presence , or intrusion , of those royal councillors who were laymen . |
| 2 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 3 | After her marriage attempts were made to unseat her from the London School Board because of the alleged illegality of her name . |
| 4 | One consequence of this has been that further additions to the existing radio and television services would become deeply contested as efforts were made to detach them from the duopoly . |
| 5 | Various accusations , including that of treason , were thereupon levelled against Stratford and attempts were made to exclude him from the parliament which met subsequently . |
| 6 | Prior to completion of the missives a meeting took place at the farm when an offer was made to purchase it from the defender at a price of £65,000 . |
| 7 | And there they would greet the men that they knew , and collect what news they could , and visit the cess-pits more often than they would like to admit , while turning all the time to look up here , where the King their leader was deciding what was going to save them from the army of Northumbria . |
| 8 | Admiral Paul Rowe , of Rotherham Starfleet Command , was waiting to meet me from the train . |
| 9 | ‘ A wild rider , a woman , was reaching to tug him from the pyre . |
| 10 | The proper instrument for the purpose not being at hand , a man was sent to get it from the Bedford Infirmary . |