Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] from a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we came round on Wigmore one more time , it was clear even from a distance that the situation had flared up drastically . |
| 2 | The dining room was empty apart from a couple of staff members who were laying tables for breakfast . |
| 3 | ‘ When I told him that the van was standard apart from a roll cage he found it even more difficult to accept . |
| 4 | Here , however , she was alone apart from a couple of men seated on stools next to the bar , and a yellow Labrador slumbering at their feet . |
| 5 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 6 | An earlier court hearing was told that the woman awoke one morning to be confronted by McKenzie , who was naked apart from a pair of underpants on his head . |